Ai - Love, together, accomplice, ... "Ai" has several uses depending on its kanji writing. If you only have the kana writing you'll have to look at the context to determine the correct translation. [Sailor Moon]: "Aino Minako" although it is a name literally means Minako of love.
Akuma - Devil, demon, satan.... Can also be used to refer to a living thing, much as the English would say: "You devil". The Japanese word akuma means "Demon, Devil; Fiend; Satan; Evil spirit" and is composed of "evil; bad; wrong" and "witch; demon; evil spirit". Japanese nouns have no grammatical number or gender. So akuma is both singular and plural which means that akuma refers to a single Demon as well as to several.
Arigatou Gozaimasu - Thank you. Used to express gratitude after the speaker has recieved something. This can either be an object or a favor of some sort. In informal speach this is often abbreviated to "Arigatou". In formal speach "Domo arigatou gozaimasu" is used. In Japan you need to care about when to switch between being informal and formal. People may misunderstand your meaning of it if you say it the wrong way.
Arubaito - "baito" for short, means part time or casual work, usually by students or other young people who can't or won't work at a 'real' or full time job. Comes from the German word "Arbeit" (:work).
Asoko - It means "there", "over there", "that place", and is used to refer to a place or position which is considered far from both sides of the speech. In a very informal sense it also sometimes could mean "genitals","sex organs".
Atashi - Informaly used by female speakers to emphasize their femininity. Being "boku" the equivalent for male!
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