Does anyone here speak Japanese?

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  1. DarkUnderlord

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    Roji

    Jonan

    What do those words mean? Roji seems to be "Tea Garden" or something but Jonan I'm not sure on. Are they actually Japanese words at all?
     
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    According to this site they mean:

    Roji: The bare ground -or- alley, alleyway, lane

    Johan: Trouble with women

    Why, you having trouble with your mail-order bride?
     
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    Perhaps, but I have a feeling that a Japanese prostitute told him off by, apparently, saying that he has trouble with women in the area of pleasuring, and that his personality is about as dynamic as a bare floor.

    Omaesan hisou chitsu.
     
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    I'm not sure as my Japanese is a little rusty, but I think she was saying,

    "You want boom-boom on ground, you pay extra!"


    yasui sake onnifujiyuu ooonna
     
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    Roji means alley. What was the context in which those words were given?
    Jonan seems weird, but to be honest, I'm not very good at interpreting romanicized japanese words.
     
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    Well that sucks. The context of the words was me trying to come up with a name for a race of people. I wanted something Japanese sounding and was randoly typing letters and ended up with those two as possible candidates. Though the "Trouble with Women" people and the "Laneways" has a kinda ring to it.

    Thanks for the link to the translator though. I was looking for something like that but couldn't find one that returned anything worthwhile. That one will come in handy.
     
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    You could call your people the Kokujin.
     
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    Thanks! :)
     
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    Well, I have that bookmarked! Of course, now I have something else to drown myself in when I feel bored, but not so bored as to get productive.
     
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