Japanese · 7 phrases
Joy & Triumph
The good stuff: the fist-in-the-air yatta, the hyped sugee and saikō, the locker-room yossha. All Grandma-safe, all pure celebration. These are the rough, excited cousins of the polite words — the sound of a Japanese person genuinely losing it over great sushi or a last-second goal.
最高 saikō sigh-KOH The best! / awesome / peak すげえ sugee (sugoi) soo-GEH Awesome! / Whoa! / Incredible! うまい umai / umee oo-MYE Delicious! / So good! / Nailed it! やばい yabai yah-BYE Insane / crazy / no way — good OR bad, from context やった yatta YAHT-tah Yes! / I did it! / We won! よっしゃ yossha YOSH-shah Alright! / Let's go! / Here we go! 気持ちいい kimochii kee-mo-CHEE Feels so good / that's the stuff