For those who don't know Japanese, watching a match video with an announcer shouting in a language you don't understand may be fairly annoying. This guide is here to help those people understand common words and phrases said by announcers during matches. It is (and will likely always be) a work in progress, and is currently just the stuff I remember off the top of my head, so feel free to contribute words and phrases - I'll add it to this post and give you credit.
This list is created with my limited Japanese, so also feel free to point out mistakes I make, or suggest better pronunciation ideas.
The parts in () aren't pronounced. They are just there so you understand the sound. Also note that I'm not differentiating past/present tense here to make things simpler.
First, the extremely simple English loan-words.
konbo noun [ con bow ]
Combo.
shiirudo noun [ she lo(op) do(te) ]
Shield
bankaa noun [ bah n
[not pronounced like N... it's more of a sound effect...] co(st) ]
(shield) Bunker
sakitto supaaku [ sa(w) key toe sue pa(w) co(oties) ]
Circuit Spark. Often shortened to just 'supaaku'.
dameegi noun [ da(wn) ma(te) G ]
Damage.
gaado noun [ gah do(te) ]
Guard.
-shikari gaado [ she co(t) Lee
gaado ] ~thanks Dakanaya
Tight guard.
jyannpu verb [ ju(mp) n poo ]
Jump.
ex
jyannpu A/B/C [ the C is pronounced like she, other two are normal ] : jump.A/B/C
kauntaa noun [ co(t) e(w) n ta(ut) ]
Counter.
kaihou noun? [ ki(te)hoe OR
hiito [ hee
<- this is a drawn out 'he' toe ]
Heat (activation). If 'hiito' is used, if it's blood heat they say 'burado [boo ra(w) do(te)]
hiito'.
- kaihou yomiteiru [
kaihou yo me(et) ta(ble) E lo(op) ] ~thanks Dakanaya
Read heat.
nagete/nageru/nageta verb [ naw ga(te) ta(ble)/loo(p)/to(p) ]
Throw. Sometimes shortened to just 'nage'
chuudan [ chew da(wn) n ] ~thanks Dakanaya
Overhead.
gedan [ ga(te) da(wn) ~thanks Dakanaya
Low (attack).
umai adj. [ e(w) mi(ght) ]
Skillful; clever; expert
tsuyoi adj. [ tsu
sounds kind of like su yo E ]
Strong. 'kono otoko' [ co(ne) no oh toe co(ne) ]
"this man" is often used with this.
ex
Yukinose-san wa tsuyoi : Yukinose is strong.
sugoi/sugei adj. [ sue go E/ga(te) ]
Terrific; incredible
shine/shinu/shinda verb [ shin na(palm)/new/da(wn) ]
To die.
shimau/shimatta verb [ she ma(ma)/ma(ma)to(p) ]
To finish. (e.g. to finish someone off
)
korosu/koroshita/korosuzo verb [ cor(e) oh sue/she(et)to(p)/oh sue zo(ne) ]
Kill.
itai adj. [ E tie ]
Painful
ex
kore wa itai : This is painful (referring to a combo). 'kore wa' can also be replaced with just 'konbo' or they might even say 'itai konbo' by itself.
mieta verb [ me e(h) to(p) ] OR
yometa [ yo me(h) to(p) ] ~thanks Dakanaya
To read (your opponent), to figure (them) out
suru/shimashita verb [ sue lo(op)/she ma(ma) she to(p) ]
To do. Catch-all verb used to indicate doing a noun in certain cases.
ex
kaihou suru : Activate heat.
okizeme [ oh key zey[pretent it's say but with a z sound] ma(te) ~thanks Dakanaya
Opponent's wakeup.
abunai adj. [ a(we) boo ni(ght) ]
Dangerous!!! 'yo' is added to the end if it's extremely emphasized.
mazui adj. [ ma(ma) zoo E ]
Bad. Used in commentary to say that a player is in a bad situation. Also said by Tohno Shiki, lol.
sasuga technically an adj. [ sa(w) sue gah
like the exclaimation ]
As expected of...
ex
sasuga Yukinose-san : As expected of Yukinose.
dekiru/dekimashita verb [ deck E lo(op)/ma(ma) she to(p) ]
In the context of MB videos, it almost always means "to complete". If you replace 'ru' or 'mashita' with 'nai'[ ni(ght)], it means "didn't complete"
ex
konbo wo dekinai [the wo is pronounced O] : (the subject 'he' is assumed here) didn't complete the combo.
nande adv. [ non(-) da(te) ] OR
naze [ (k)naw zay <-
pretend it's say with a z sound ] OR
doshite [ do(te) she ta(pe) ]
Why
jikan noun [ G con ]
Time
ex
jikan ga nai : No time. (like no time left to finish a person/heat/whatever at the end of a round)
saigo noun [ si(gh) go ]
Last; end; conclusion
tsunagaru verb? [ (tsu (g)naw go(t) lo(op) ~thanks Dakanaya
To connect (in a combo).
shikashi conj. [ she co(n) she ] OR
demo [ da(y) mo(w) ]
However; but
dame/dame da/dame desu yo [ da(wn) ma(te) + da(wn)/ da(y) s(ue) yo ]
note that the 'ue' is removed from 'sue' in this particular caseNo good; don't do that
ex
dame desu yo, yukinose-san : That's no good/you can't do that, Yukinose.
kibishii adj. [ key be she ]
Relentless.
nigete/nigeru verb [ nea(t) ga(te) ta(ble)/lo(op) ]
Run away!
kakkoui adj. [ co(t) co(at) E ] ~thanks Dakanaya
Cool!
masaka int. [ ma(ma) sa(w) co(t) ] OR
shinjirarenai [ shin Jee(p) la(w) le(g) ni(ght) ] ~thanks Dakanaya
Unbelievable; no way
dou suru/dou surunda/ dou suruka [ do(te) sue lo(op) / + da(wn)/+co(t) ]
What will (he) do (about it)?
oishii adj. [ O E she ]
Literally means delicious, but is used to describe player's techniques sometimes
baiohazaado noun [ bi oh ha za[pretend it's so(ught) with a z sound instead of an s] do(te) ]
Biohazard.
shoryu/shoryuken [ sho(w) Ryu / +Ken ]
Shame on you if you don't know this one...