Ranma 1/2 Word List

Note that the character's Chinese names in the simplified version are not always the same in the traditional version.

Page numbers corresponding to the traditional version start with a T, those corresponding to the simplified version start with an S.

人物

Traditional	Simplified	Japanese	Early Taiwanese	Romanised Japanese	Role
早乙女 亂馬	早乙女 乱马	早乙女 乱馬	姬 亂馬	Saotome Ranma	Male protagonist
早乙女 玄馬	早乙女 玄马	早乙女 玄馬	姬 玄毛	Saotome Genma	Ranma's father
天道 早雲	天道 早云	天道 早雲	錢 天道	Tendo Soun	Head of the Tendo Dojo, friend of Genma
天道 茜	天道 茜	天道 あかね	錢 小茜	Tendo Akane	Ranma's fiancée
天道 靡	天道 美	天道 なびき	錢 小靡	Tendo Nabiki	Akane's elder sister
天道 霞	天道 霞	天道 かすみ	錢 小霞	Tendo Kasumi	Akane's eldest sister
九能 帯刀	九能 带刀	九能 帯刀	游帶刀	Kuno Tatewaki	Ranma's and Akene's classmate; class head and Kendo "expert"
九能 小太刀	九能 小太刀	九能 小太刀	游小刀	Kuno Kodachi	Kuno Tatewaki's sister, attends rival school
久遠寺 右京	久远寺 右京	久遠寺 右京	燕 右京	Kuonji Ukyo	?
響 良牙	响 良牙	響 良牙	響良牙	Hibiki Ryoga	Ranma's rival
小乃東風	小乃东风	小乃東风	許醫師 / 許大夫	Dr. Ono Tofu	?
珊璞	珊璞	珊璞	珊璞	Shampoo	?
沐絲	沐丝	沐絲	賀 沐志	Mousse	?

第1話: 亂馬來了

獨斷	独断	dú​duàn​	to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial	T11
婚約	婚约	hūnyuē	engagement / wedding contract	T11
繼承	继承	jìchéng	to inherit / to carry on / to succeed	T11
武藝	武艺	wǔ​yì​	martial art / military skill	T17, S15

Vol 1

詛咒	诅咒	zǔzhòu	to curse	T47
謎	谜	mí	riddle	T48
悲劇	悲剧	bēijù	tragedy / CL:出[chu1]	T49
裸體	裸体	luǒtǐ	naked	T53
交往	交往	jiāowǎng	to associate / to contact / association / contact	T74
糾纏	纠缠	jiūchán	to be in a tangle / to nag	T80
非分	非分	fēifèn	improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非份[fei1 fen4]	T83
粗魯	粗鲁	cūlǔ	crude / coarse / rough	T83
稀罕	稀罕	xīhan	rare / uncommon / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. xi1 han3	T83
変	変	biàn	Japanese variant of 變｜变, to change / to transform / to alter / to rebel	T83
變態	变态	biàntài	metamorphosis / abnormal / anomalous	T83
要不是	要不是	yàobushì	if it were not for / but for	T86
宰	宰	zǎi	to slaughter livestock / to govern or rule / to cheat customers / Imperial official in dynastic China	T86
喉嚨	喉咙	hóulóng	throat / larynx	T87
狠	狠	hěn	fierce / very	T88
罰站	罚站	fázhàn	to be made to stand still as a punishment	T90
勝負	胜负	shèngfù	victory or defeat / the outcome of a battle	T106
拖延	拖延	tuōyán	to adjourn / to delay / to defer / adjournment / procrastination	T107
奪	夺	duó	to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose	T123
死心	死心	sǐxīn	to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about	T137
決鬥	决斗	juédòu	to duel / a duel / decisive struggle	T141
忠告	忠告	zhōnggào	advice / advise	T143
良心	良心	liángxīn	conscience	T143
姿色	姿色	zīsè	good looks (of a woman)	T149
脫臼	脱臼	tuōjiù	dislocation (of a joint)	T150
打傷	打伤	dǎshāng	bruise / injure	T156
謹慎	谨慎	jǐnshèn	cautious / prudent	T163
廉恥	廉耻	liánchǐ	honor and shame / sense of honor	T163
窩囊	窝囊	wōnang	annoyed / to feel vexed / pointless / asinine / good-for-nothing / stupid and cowardly	T169
廢踼	废踼	fèitáng		T169
瞧見	瞧见	qiáojiàn	to see	T170

Vol 2

陷入	陷入	xiànrù	to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament)	T8
介意	介意	jièyì	to care about / to take offense / to mind	T9
傻笑	傻笑	shǎxiào	to giggle / to laugh foolishly / to smirk / to simper	T24
四國	四国	Sìguó	Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)	T31
復仇	复仇	fùchóu	avenge / vengeance	T46
緣故	缘故	yuángù	reason / cause	T58
附帶	附带	fùdài	supplementary / incidentally / in parentheses / by chance / in passing / additionally / secondary / subsidiary / to attach	T61
利息	利息	lìxī	interest (on a loan) / CL:筆｜笔[bi3]	T61
遲	迟	chí	late / delayed / slow	T67
修正	修正	xiūzhèng	to revise / to amend	T75
躲	躲	duǒ	to hide / to dodge / to avoid	T86
圓盤	圆盘	yuánpán	disk	T86
管閒事	管闲事	guǎnxiánshì	to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business	T92
絆倒	绊倒	bàndǎo	stumble	T104
淑女	淑女	shūnǚ​	wise and virtuous woman (possibly sarcastic or sneering) / lady	T107
表情	表情	biǎoqíng	(facial) expression / to express one's feelings / expression	T121
罪有應得	罪有应得	zuìyǒuyīngdé	guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime	T124
餘地	余地	yúdì	margin / leeway	T132
淋濕	淋湿	línshī	to get soaked	T139
腫瘤	肿瘤	zhǒngliú	tumor	T139
敷	敷	fū	to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough	T141
卑劣	卑劣	bēiliè	base / mean / despicable	T156
振作	振作	zhènzuò	encouraged / to summon up (courage) / to encourage / to uplift / to stimulate	T157
廢話	废话	fèihuà	nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic)	T167
體操	体操	tǐcāo	gymnastic / gymnastics	T174
搏鬥	搏斗	bódòu		T175
道具	道具	dàojù	stage props	T175

Vol 3

對手	对手	duìshǒu	opponent / adversary / match	T12
偷襲	偷袭	tōuxí	to sneak attack	T13
名不虛傳	名不虚传	míng​bù xūchuán	lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation / enjoys a well-deserved reputation	T16
腦海	脑海	nǎohǎi	the mind / the brain	T29
未婚妻	未婚妻	wèihūnqī	fiancée	T33
陰險	阴险	yīnxiǎn	treacherous / sinister	T37
生性	生性	shēngxìng	natural disposition	T37
獵物	猎物	lièwù	prey	T37
拼命	拼命	pīnmìng	to do one's utmost / with all one's might / at all costs / (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it	T39
認輸	认输	rènshū	to concede / to admit defeat	T43
苗條	苗条	miáotiáo	slim, slender, graceful	T44
格鬥	格斗	gédòu	to wrestle	T46
球棍	球棍	qiúgùn	(sport) club / bat	T69
所願	所愿	suǒyuàn	wished-for / desired	T72
剃刀	剃刀	tìdāo	razor	T74
毅力	毅力	yìlì	perseverance / willpower	T90
裝蒜	装蒜	zhuāngsuàn	to act stupid / to play dumb / to pretend to not know	109
留長辮	留长辫	liúchángbiàn		110
純潔	纯洁	chúnjié	pure / clean and honest / to purify	110
雞婆	鸡婆	jīpó	busybody	122
絶	絶	jué	variant of 絕｜绝[jue2]	141
饒	饶	ráo	rich / abundant / exuberant / to add for free / to throw in as bonus / to spare / to forgive / despite / although	141
屈辱	屈辱	qūrǔ	to humiliate / humiliating	147
滋味	滋味	zīwèi	taste / flavor / feeling	147
豔	豔	yàn	variant of 艷｜艳[yan4]	158
豔遇	艳遇	yànyù	favorable opportunity for an encounter with a beautiful woman / also written 艷遇｜艳遇	158
唇戰	唇战	chúnzhàn		165
棺材	棺材	guāncái	coffin / CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]	183