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Japanese Slang
This dictionary is a comprehensive and in-depth look at all the slang, vulgarisms, curses, and insults, plus idioms and expressions and a lot more, available in Japanese. Every effort has been made to keep it current and relevant, though of course older slang also remains in here for those who enjoy films, television, and books from years past. If you like anime or other modern Japanese entertainment or are planning to live, work, or travel in Japan, you'll find many of the words and phrases used in here. As always with slang, be careful using what you hear; it may not work quite the way you expect.
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チイマー
[ちいまー, chiima ] delinquent boys (lit.: teamers)
ちぇ
[ちぇ, che] damn; shit (n.b.: an interjection or bit of invective often heard at the beginning of a sentence when someone is frustrated or enraged)
力こぶを入れる
[ちからこぶをいれる, chikara kobu o ireru] take great interest in; show enthusiasm for
力になる
[ちからになる, chikara ni naru] help; assist
力を入れる
[ちからをいれる, chikara o ireru] strain; put strength into; put effort into
痴漢
[ちかん, chikan] groper; the act of groping
ちきしょ
[ちきしょ, chikisho] shit; damn (emphatic sense) (lit.: beast)
ちくしょ
[ちくしょ, chikusho] shit; damn (emphatic sense) (lit.: beast)
ちくる
[ちくる, chikuru] taddle; report (a teacher in a school, usually about bullying or violence)
ちち
[ちち, chichi] breasts; tits; boobs; knockers
ちちくりあう
[ちちくりあう, chichikuriau] pet one another; caress one another (n.b.: chichi here is unrelated to the word chichi for breasts)
地デジ
[ちでじ, chideji] ground-based digital broadcast (abbreviated form)
千鳥足
[ちどりあし, chidori-ashi] drunkenly
千鳥足で歩く
[ちどりあしであるく, chidori-ashi de aruku] walk like a plover
血の出るような金
[ちのでるようなかね, chi no deru you na kane] blood money, money raised by desperate means
血のめぐりが悪い
[ちのめぐりがわるい, chi no meguri ga warui] slow-witted, dull
ちび
[ちび, chibi] shrimp; midgit; half-pint (an insulting term for a very small person)
ちびこう
[ちびこう, chibikou] very small person
ちびた
[ちびた, chibita] very small boy or man
血も涙もない
[ちもなみだもない, chi mo namida mo nai] cold-blooded, heartless, inconsiderate
チャームポイント
[ちゃーむぽいんと, chaamu pointo] most attractive feature of a person
茶髪
[ちゃぱつ, chapatsu] dyeing hair brown, which became fashionable among young men and women in the mid-1990s (n.b.: combination of cha [brown[ and the ending of kimpatsu [blonde].)
ちゃら
[ちゃら, chara] even; equal; nothing owed either way
ちゃらんぽらん
[ちゃらんぽらん, charanboran] unreliable, irresponsible person
ちゃり（んこ)
[ちゃり（んこ）, chari(nko)] bicycle
中華バイキング
[ちゅうかばいきんぐ, chuuka baikingu] Chinese-style buffet
駐禁
[ちゅうきん, chuukin] no parking (abbreviated form)
忠言耳に逆らう
[ちゅうげんみみにさからう, chuugen mimi ni sakrau] honest advice is unpleasant
ちゅうする
[ちゅうする, chuu suru] kiss
中妻
[ちゅうづま, chuuzuma] ex-pat wife; wife of a Japanese person living abroad
チュウハイ
[ちゅうはい, chuuhai] Shochu highball (abbreviated form)
超
[ちょう, chou] very, ultra
調教ゲーム
[ちょうきょうげーむ, choukyou geemu] domination game
調子に乗る
[ちょうしにのる, choushi ni noru] get carried away [with]; be elated; be excited
調子のりすぎる
[ちょうしのりすぎる, choushi ni norisugiru] get carried away
ちょうだい
[ちょうだい, choudai] give
提灯持ち
[ちょうちんもち, chouchin mochi] flatterer; brown-noser
直帰
[ちょっき, chokki] going straight home; going directly home (abbreviated form)
チョべりグ
[ちょべりぐ, choberigu] very, very good (teen slang)
チョベリバ
[ちょべりば, choberiba] very, very bad (teen slang)
チョムカ
[ちょむか, chomuka] very sickening (teen slang)
ちょんぼ
[ちょんぼ, chonbo] blunder; mistake; shoplifting (student slang; possibly from Korean)
ちょんぼする
[ちょんぼする, chonbo suru] blunder; goof; shoplift (student slang; possibly from Korean)
狆くしゃ
[ちんくしゃ, chinkusha] a very ugly person, male or female (here, ‘chin’ refers to a Pekingese dog, and ‘kusha’ is short for ‘kushami,’ sneeze)
ちんこ
[ちんこ, chinko] penis (colloquial but not vulgar)
チンする
[ちんする, chin suru] nuke; microwave
ちんちくりん
[ちんちくりん, chichikurin] pipsqueak; squirt
ちんちくりんやろ
[ちんちくりんやろ, chichikurinyaro] pipsqueak; squirt
ちんちん
[ちんちん, chinchin] dick, cock, penis (standard word for penis; derives from the onomatopeia ‘chinchin’ referring to a ringing or tinkling sound, as is made when a man urinates.)
チンチン電車
[ちんちんでんしゃ, chin-chin densha] tram
ちんば
[ちんば, chinba] cripple (no longer acceptable; use the alternative: ashi ga fujiyuu-na hito)
ちんぴら
[ちんぴら, chinpira] punk, young yakuza gangster (n.b.: a standard word used to refer to a low-level member of the yakuza, or anyone of minor importance in a group)
ちんぷんかん（ぷん)
[ちんぷんかん（ぷん）, chinbunkan(bun)] gibberish; gobblygook; babbling speech
ちんぽ
[ちんぽ, chinbo] penis (colloquial but not vulgar)
ちんぼこ
[ちんぼこ, chinboko] penis (colloquial but not vulgar)