yossha よっしゃ

In Japanese, yossha よっしゃ means "ALRIGHT!!!" It's like the word yoshi よし, except that yossha is pretty much always used to shout and enthusiastically cheer while yoshi has other uses.

Manga: One Piece, Wan Piisu ワンピース (Chapter 589)

• Usage
• Variants

Usage

The word yossha よっしゃ is pretty much only used in two ways:

1. To say "alright! Let's go!" Before going to do something.
2. To say "AWWWWWwwwwww YEEEEEAAHAHhhhhhh!!!1113" when something good happens.

In particular, you'll see number 2 when someone wins a bet, gets lucky, when their team scores, etc.

• yossha ore mo yaru!
  よっしゃ俺もやる！
  Alright I'll do it too!
  • Enthusiastic to start an activity.
• yossha katta zo!
  よっしゃ勝ったぞ！
  Alright I won!
  • Enthusiastic because of success.

Manga: One Piece, Wan Piisu ワンピース (Chapter 589)

• yossha ikuzo!!!
  よっしゃ行くぞ！！！
  Alright [I'll] go!!!
• kaizokuou ni
  ore wa naru!!!!
  海賊王におれはなる！！！！
  King of pirates
  I'll become!!!

By the way, one word that's sometimes used in the same way as yossha but the meaning is completely different is yatta, the past form of yaru やる, "to do:"

• yatta!!! やった！！！
  I DID IT!!!

Variants

Since yossha is often used by characters shouting, screaming from the top of their lungs, it's usual for the spelling to be distorted in order to match the erratic pronunciation. Some variants of yossha include:

• yosshaa!!! よっしゃー！！！
• yoosshaa!!! よーっしゃー！！！
• yoshaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! よっしゃぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ！！！
• yossha' よっしゃっ！
• ossha! おっしゃ！
• ssha! っしゃ！

The last two are because the o is cut short, of course.

Manga: Haikyuu!! ハイキュー！！ (Chapter 58)

• Haikyuu!! ハイキュー！！
  Is a volleyball manga. The character is commemorating a point.
• haikyuu 排球
  Means "volleyball."

Sometimes it's longer, however.

Manga: School Rumble (Chapter 24)

• iyoo...ssha!!!
  いよー･･･っしゃ！！！