The ‘roger’ of japanese = ‘yokai’?

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Okay I was playing some Vanquish on the PS3 and watched some anime and I keep hearing the soldiers and robots replying with "yokai!" or something along those lines. When I type up yokai on google, it talks about the translation being monsters and demons which makes no sense. I keep saying "yokai" now every time I'm about to do something hard. I would really like to know more about this saying.... before I look stupid in front of a Japanese person. Yes sir? Roger? Affirmative? Understood (wakarimaѕнι𝓉a I'm sure)? Or is it katakana for "okay?" Then that would make A LOT more sense....

Abbie Toy · Accepted Answer

"Ryoukai" (ryôkai) is what you're looking for.In Kanji, 了解It means something along the lines of Roger/Affirmative/Understood/Got it etc. It's used very very frequently.Incidentally, 妖怪 = youkai = monster

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Why is "yokai" so commonly used as an affirmative resonse to orders? Examples are found in Nadia: the Secret of Blue Water eisode one and virtuall any iteraton of Uchuu Senkan Yamato.

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Yes

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He had surgery to look like Japanese.

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yokai mean demon! but of course some japanese also saying okay , sound like yookai! , I think its because their tongue they cant say okay with right ! hahahhaaa

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https://youtu.be/z_P2Uwfyppo

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AWESOME!!! can you teach us? t(^_^) do you have any website or blog? 🙂 遮る者

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