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Karan
Mar 28, 2005, 07:53
Friend asked me to find out the translations for a few of these words, so thanks if you can help (No, sorry I don't know the kanji, I recieved this list via text message)

hotokegi
hakujou
ishiteki
yowamiso
wamekigoe
hensei
otoroeru

arigatou

epigene
Mar 29, 2005, 16:30
You may have noticed that it is very difficult to give you translations for Japanese written in romaji only, because there are many homonyms (words with same pronunciation but written differently and with different meanings) in the language.

Still, I've come up with answers:

hotokegi:
Probably ぶつぎ 【仏儀】 Buddhist ceremony

hakujou:
【白状】 To confess
【薄情】 Having little compassion or love

ishiteki:
【意志的】 Showing will or determination; deliberate

yowamiso:
【弱味噌】 Derogatory word used to describe a cowardly person; "wimp"; also, "yowamushi" in Japanese (弱虫)

wamekigoe:
【喚き声】 Shouting voice; yell

hensei
1. へんせい 【変生】 to be reborn into something else
2. へんせい 【変成】 to change in physical property
3. へんせい 【変声】 change in voice
4. へんせい 【変性】 to change in quality
5. へんせい 【編成】 to form, organize a program, budget, etc.
6. へんせい 【編制】 to form a group, troop
7. へんせい 【編製】 to compile a list

otoroeru:
【衰える】 to decline, diminish, lose strength