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I often get asked about swear words by Japanese people. As I sometimes watch
Netflix, I can see how other translators approach these phrases and get
helpful hints.

Specifically, I'm curious about the phrase 'f*** yeah', expressing strong
agreement or satisfaction. Maybe I would try ii ne! Or just tanoshimi! Or
maybe yabai! But these translations are probably inadequate.

Can anyone think of a better rendering?
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translation slang
How to say f*** yeah in Japanese
Here's a good article, although in Japanese: [Japanese Questioning How To Say
F***
Yeah!](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q119036116)

```

    "F*** yeah!" は "F*** you!" とは全く違い、(absolutely different)
    
    ただ単【たん】に感嘆や同意を表す【あらわす】ために使われます。
    
    "Oh, yeah!" （「ああ、その調子だ！良いぞ！」みたいな感じ【かんじ】）をさらに強めたもので、
    
    場合【ばあい】によって「最高【さいこう】！」「良いぞ！」「その通り【とおり】！」という意味【いみ】になるでしょう。
    
```

So you would say, "saikou!" (This is the best!), "ii zo!" (So good!), or "sono
toori!" (That exactly!).

This can give off the same feeling, but still does not directly translate.
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Seeing as Japanese doesn't really have anything analogous to English 'curse'
words, you won't find anything that really feels the same. That particular
phrase has a sort of punchiness to it that nothing in Japanese really renders
well. It's in some ways more of a cultural thing than a linguistic one -
expressing that particular emotion looks different when Japanese people do it
versus people from the Anglosphere. If you're looking to describe it to
Japanese people, you might want to make use of some copious body language, and
a description like 'it's like this, but more intense (and also censorable)'.

There are ways to translate it, though, modulo the above situation. It depends
on exactly what's being commented on, though. (To note, these are based off of
stereotypical Toukyou-area speech, and these examples could sound very
different to speakers from elsewhere. Other dialects likely would phrase these
rather differently. Thanks
[@Will](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/51915/how-to-say-f-yeah-
in-japanese#comment90149_51918) for pointing this out.)

Celebrating an accomplishment - おおー！やったぜー！ and similar (possibly やるじゃねーか！ for
someone else's accomplishment); or some variant of よっしゃー！ (thank you
[@Kurausukun](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/51915/how-to-say-f-
yeah-in-japanese#comment90162_51918))

'Man that's a good idea' - いいじゃねーか、それ！／それいいわ！ and similar

'Yes, indeed, this is the case' - 違いねーぞ／その通りだぜ and similar

'Yes, indeed, I do intend to' - やるぜ！／やるわ！ and similar

I'm sure there's senses I'm missing, as well.
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Noting that I'm in central Tokyo, the only thing that sounds close to me is a
super-dramatic **やっっったー！** in the way of a celebratory analogue.

That said, you're looking for the 'agreement' meaning, as in:

_Anyone down for karaoke? / Fuck yeah!_

In that case, the example conversation playing out in my mind resolves to

**カラオケ行く? / 行こー!**

And in other cases...

**飲む？ / 飲もー！**

**帰る？ / 帰ろー！** (as one might say when they want to get out of the office)

Other words of agreement like **是非** or **もちろん** or **いいよ** just don't have
the adequate punch. The enthusiastic volitional _-o-!_ is my best suggestion.

In the case of agreeing with an opinion, rather than a suggested action:

_Trump is the Abe of the West / Fuck yeah!_ (maybe _you're goddamn right_
would be a better English response here, but the sentiment remains)

**トランプは欧米の安部 / それ！完全にそれ！**

In this case, the enthusiasm and immediacy of the response capture the emotion
more than the words.

As for the final possibility, satisfaction, I think [Sjiveru's
answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/51918/25217) covers that quite
well.
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Apologies if this should be a comment (don't think I can include photos in
comments so putting as an answer), but "Saikou" would seem to fit, if this
sign I photographed at a cat cafe in Harajuku is anything to go by (in
katakana, interestingly):

[![Cat cafe
instructions](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yfyh4.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yfyh4.jpg)
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