Every Day Saturday #1. Kakkoii, Sugoi, Kawaii.

Today I am going to try and start a series of weekly posts which I will call 'Every Day Saturday' and I will try and post them on a Saturday. In these series I will show you some every day spoken Japanese. Todays lesson is called:

Kakkoii, Sugoi, Kawaii.

かっこいい。　－　Kakkoii　－　Cool.
This is often said by girls about a boy they like. Also boys may say Kakkoiii to refer to a car.

か れはとってもかっこいい。　－　Kore wa tottemo kakkoii.　－　He is very cool.

すごい　－　 Sugoi　－　Awesome / Great / Amazing / Wow!

すごい花火だ！　－　すごいはなびだ！　－　 Sugoi hanabi da!
These fireworks are spectacular!

すごいぞ！　－　 Sugoizo!　－　Terrific!

かわいい。　－　Kawaii　－　Cute.
Kawaii is commonly said by girls.

なんてかわいい子なの。いない、いない、ばー。　－　Nante kawaii ko nano. inai, inai, ba-.
What a cute baby. Peek-a-boo!

この赤ちゃんペンギンとってもか わいい！　－　このあかちゃんペンギンとってもかわいい！　－　Kono akachan pengin tottemo kawaii!
This baby penguin is too cute!

The Kanji for Kawaii is: 可愛い this literallly means 'loveable' or 'adorable.'
Kawaii has become a prominent apsect of Japanese popular culture, entertainment, clothing, food, toys and personal appearance, behaviour and mannerisms.
It is so common to hear a female say something like 'Aah! Kawaii' when they see something they think is cute.
There is most definitely a culture of 'Kawaii' in Japan.