Funniest/coolest/favourite sounding Word

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Reply #1 - 2009 August 27, 4:00 am
mezbup Member
From: sausage lip Registered: 2008-09-18 Posts: 1681 Website

What to you is the funniest sounding Japanese word? Or perhaps one you think just sounds epic? How bout a few of your favourites?

収集 cracks me up. I mean its しゅうしゅう ffs!

Then theres the epic 原子力発電所  = げんしりょくはつでんしょ = nuclear power plant FTW.

ドジ is also a cool word. Clumsy.

Reply #2 - 2009 August 27, 4:10 am
Evil_Dragon Member
From: Germany Registered: 2008-08-21 Posts: 683

I have to go with アホ. It just rolls of your tongue way better than 馬鹿.
Also, because I'm a huge fan of Phoenix Wright (逆転裁判), 異議あり！！ gets a honorable mention.

Reply #3 - 2009 August 27, 6:12 am
mullr Member
Registered: 2005-10-30 Posts: 67

My favorite has to be 屏風. Don't know why.  Sounds kind of bulbous.

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Reply #4 - 2009 August 27, 9:02 am
aphasiac Member
From: 台湾 Registered: 2009-03-16 Posts: 1036

ときどき。

I learnt it in the context of weather; it still makes me giggle..

Last edited by aphasiac (2009 August 27, 9:04 am)

Reply #5 - 2009 August 27, 9:16 am
Katsuo M.O.D.
From: Tokyo Registered: 2007-02-06 Posts: 887 Website

ちんぷんかんぷん. Conjures up images of chimpanzees on a camping holiday all talking gibberish.

Reply #6 - 2009 August 27, 9:51 am
undead_saif Member
From: Mother Earth Registered: 2009-01-28 Posts: 635

もしもし

Reply #7 - 2009 August 27, 10:01 am
Tobberoth Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

財閥 sounds cool but the meaning isn't.

Reply #8 - 2009 August 27, 10:22 am
hknamida Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2007-08-16 Posts: 222 Website

最高 is definitely one of my favorites. When I had just started studying the language, I kept hearing this word that sounded just like "psycho", so I had to look it up.

徹底的 sounds pretty weird and interesting to me.

Oh, and 救急車.

Reply #9 - 2009 August 27, 10:23 am
sup3rbon Member
From: northeast USA Registered: 2009-06-27 Posts: 71

undead_saif wrote:

もしもし

Every time a japanese person answers a phone I laugh.  Every single time.

Reply #10 - 2009 August 27, 12:33 pm
KMarkP Member
From: Utah Registered: 2008-02-24 Posts: 16

I got one for you. How about this:

交響曲第五番は単調　（こうきょうきょくだいごばんはたんちょ） That's "Symphony # 5 in C minor"

A familiar phrase in a 中学 music class.

Reply #11 - 2009 August 27, 1:01 pm
timewastin Member
From: Germany Registered: 2009-07-03 Posts: 40

For me it's definitely 消防署 (しょう・ぼう・しょ). When you say it, it's like those long oooooo's all over the place, and the final short しょ always feels like "finally I'm through" wink

I imagine an emergency and someone actually takes the time to say 速く、消防署に電話しろ!

Last edited by timewastin (2009 August 27, 1:03 pm)

Reply #12 - 2009 August 27, 1:17 pm
ropsta Member
From: 闇の底 Registered: 2009-07-23 Posts: 253

損害賠償請求

I'm also a fan of 高圧 and ププ.

Reply #13 - 2009 August 27, 1:47 pm
Jaunty Member
From: California Registered: 2009-04-13 Posts: 42

悪循環 and ザーザー降り
are vocab words that really stuck out to me from class back in the day. I'll never forget them now, haha.

Reply #14 - 2009 August 27, 4:07 pm
stehr Member
From: california Registered: 2007-09-25 Posts: 281

貧乏.. my current condition

Reply #15 - 2009 August 27, 4:08 pm
Tobberoth Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

I just learned 危うい and I think it sounds hilarious. It doesn't really sound Japanese.

Reply #16 - 2009 August 27, 4:17 pm
ruiner Member
Registered: 2009-08-20 Posts: 751

Either 暗記 or 金縛り...

Reply #17 - 2009 August 27, 5:00 pm
mezbup Member
From: sausage lip Registered: 2008-09-18 Posts: 1681 Website

Katsuo wrote:

ちんぷんかんぷん. Conjures up images of chimpanzees on a camping holiday all talking gibberish.

ROFL. love it.

Reply #18 - 2009 August 27, 5:22 pm
Elphalpo Member
From: USA Registered: 2007-12-30 Posts: 24

I dunno if loan words are off limits here, but I'm kinda fond of ダブルパンチ and マスタープラン, just cause they sound funny.

Reply #19 - 2009 August 27, 6:03 pm
mezbup Member
From: sausage lip Registered: 2008-09-18 Posts: 1681 Website

Elphalpo wrote:

I dunno if loan words are off limits here, but I'm kinda fond of ダブルパンチ and マスタープラン, just cause they sound funny.

If you think they sound funny try hearing them say "computer virus" or "hollywood"

Reply #20 - 2009 August 27, 6:07 pm
howtwosavealif3 Member
From: USA Registered: 2008-02-09 Posts: 889 Website

what  a coincidence I just put chinpunkanpun into menemoysne a few daays ago.
有耶無耶（うやむや）

Reply #21 - 2009 August 27, 6:15 pm
blackmacros Member
From: Australia Registered: 2009-04-14 Posts: 763

mezbup wrote:

Elphalpo wrote:

I dunno if loan words are off limits here, but I'm kinda fond of ダブルパンチ and マスタープラン, just cause they sound funny.

If you think they sound funny try hearing them say "computer virus" or "hollywood"

100% with you there on computer virus! I think I mentioned this in another thread too. It cracks me up every time.

Reply #22 - 2009 August 28, 1:31 am
Buronzu New member
From: Japan Registered: 2009-05-06 Posts: 3

Love お好み焼き (おこのみやき）. It just rolls off the tongue... and tastes delicious on it too.

Reply #23 - 2009 August 28, 2:09 am
Jarvik7 Member
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2007-03-05 Posts: 3946

夏期休暇

Reply #24 - 2009 August 30, 5:18 am
hknamida Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2007-08-16 Posts: 222 Website

As of today, I have a new favorite: 腹筋運動.
This word alone has changed my stance on rômaji.

Last edited by hknamida (2009 August 30, 5:21 am)

Reply #25 - 2009 August 30, 5:56 am
bennyb Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2009-02-05 Posts: 70

I love 擬音語 and 擬態語 (sound fx words and onomatopoieas)

the most recent strange one I picked up is しどろもどろ, meaning incoherent.

One I probably hear all the time and makes me want to laugh is ゴロゴロ