I heard some words in Japanese but I can't quite figure out what they mean: kyoushi, katte, haite, kite, plus the members of the family - musume, musuko, otou, okaa, ryoushin, goshujin, oku, otouto, imouto, kyoudai, shimai and haha. Now, please correct me if I misspelled those words incorrectly in romanji. Anyway, if anyone can help me translate those words I'll greatly appreciate it. Thanks
lost in translation

baron80
March 3, 2010

Zalerea
March 4, 2010
Here is a link to a Japanese (romaji) / English Dictionary Online that I use often to assist in translating romaji Japanese. Some words are in other forms like the "te" form so it will make translation more difficult since you usually need the stem form (dictionary form).
[url="http://www.englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/]Free Online Japanese English Dictionary[/url]
From what I learned kyoushi can be spelled kyooshi or kyōshi. Is really same sound different spelling from different systems.
Depending on the use like Musume it can have several meanings.
giri no musume, giri no musumesan (someone elses) - daughter in law
musume (my daughter) - daughter
giri no musume - step daughter
Sorry I am not very well learned in Japanese but I can offer any assistance I know to help others. (^_^)b

Zalerea
March 4, 2010
meep O-o *didn't realize I cannot edit my post* XD
sorry about the broken link I am used to using a different system
__http://www.englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/__

ashwinr
March 4, 2010
[quo]*Quote from * baron80
I heard some words in Japanese but I can't quite figure out what they mean: kyoushi, katte, haite, kite, plus the members of the family - musume, musuko, otou, okaa, ryoushin, goshujin, oku, otouto, imouto, kyoudai, shimai and haha. Now, please correct me if I misspelled those words incorrectly in romanji. Anyway, if anyone can help me translate those words I'll greatly appreciate it. Thanks[/quo]
Kyoushi = teacher
Katte= buy
Haite= enter
Kite= come
Musume = daughter
musuko = son
otou(-san) = (someone else's) father
okaa(-san) = (someone else's) mother
ryoushin = conscience
goshujin = (another person's) husband
otouto - little/younger brother
imouto = little/younger sister
kyoudai = brothers
shimai = sisters
haha= (my) mother
Hope that helps :)