Japanese

Alright, welcome to my Japanese page. Here you will get help for Japanese. You may ask questions too. Let’s start with the basic! Credits go to chupacabras on CS forums, but I’ll be changing a few things.

Japanese uses 3 main character sets for its writing system, which they are Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. At first, you really get to know how to read Japanese.

Hiragana: (Notes in parentheses mean to be the oral pronunciation.)

Hiragana description: It is a set of phonetic characters where each character represents a syllable. Hiragana are used to complement kanji such as for verb endings, or for particles of the speech, or for pure Japanese words. You can also replace kanji with it if you don’t know that kanji or if it’s not commonly used.

Important notes:

-The characters for “we” and “wi” are not used in modern Japanese anymore.

-The character “wo” is actually pronounced “o” and it’s only used as an object marker (don’t use お for that!)…

-The character “ha” is pronounced “wa” when it’s used to mark the subject of the sentence (don’t use わ for that!)… In any other cases it’s pronounced “ha”.

-The character “he” is pronounced “e” when It’s used to show the direction in which something is moving (don’t use え for that!)… In any other cases it’s pronounced “he”

-The character つ　is pronounced “tsu” but you can make that character by typing either “tu” or “tsu”

-The character し　is pronounced “shi” but you can make it by typing either “shi” or “si”

-The character ち　is pronounced “chi” but you can make it by typing either “chi” or “ti”

-The character ふ　is somewhat pronounced “fu” but you can make it by typing either “fu” or “hu”

-The character ん is made by typing “nn”. But if you type a consonant after the first “n” it will automatically become ん.

Katakana: (Notes in parentheses mean to be the oral pronunciation.)

Katakana description: It is a second set of phonetic characters similar to hiragana. Every hiragana character has a katakana counterpart. Katakana are mainly used to write foreign words in a phonetic manner. For example メイプル (me-i-pu-ru) which comes from the word “maple” in English.

Important notes:

-As you can see from the chart above, Japanese people make some voiceless kana into voiced kana by adding “dakuten” ( ゛ ). So ka, becomes ga, etc. In the sole case of the “ha” family dakuten makes “ha” = “ba” and handakuten (　゜　) makes “ha” = “pa” and so on.

-The “ji” with the asterisk is not used so often and you make it by typing “di”.

-The “zu” with the asterisk is more or less actually pronounced “dzu” but it’s not used so often either (maybe the word つづく, to continue, would be the one you would use it on). You make it by typing “du”.

“Mixed” Japanese characters:

Important notes:

-These sounds are made with the combination of a normal sized kana and a small one.

-The sounds with “sh” such as “sha” can also be made by typing “sya” and so on.

-The sounds with “ch” such as “cha” can also be made by typing “tya” and so on.

-The sounds with “j” such as “ja” can also be made by typing “jya” and so on.

-The sound “je” would look like this: じぇ　and can be made by typing either “je” or “jye”.

Important notes:

-These are sounds that will most likely be written in katakana to write foreign words.

-The character pronounced “ti” is NOT made by typing “ti”. It is made by typing “thi”. If you type “ti” you’ll end up with the kana that sounds like “chi”.

-The character pronounced “tu” is NOT made by typing “ti”. It is made by typing either “tolu” or “toxu”. If you type “tu” you’ll end up with the kana that sounds like “tsu”.

-For “di” and “du” do the same as above but use “d” instead of “t”. If you type “di” or “du” you’ll end up with the wrong kana!

Double vowels:

Important notes:

-The Japanese uses double vowels. These double vowels sound like a regular one but twice as long.

-The wavy line is made by pressing “SHIFT + the key to the left of the number one”

-The straight line is made by pressing the key to the right of the number zero.

-Notice how usually a double E is spelled EI and how, usually, a double O is spelled OU. There are exceptions to this rule of course, for example おおきい which means “big”.

-Note that you can “elongate” the sound of any kana by adding these lines. For example: “jaa” would be either “じゃあ”　or “じゃ～”.

“Tsu”:

The little “tsu” has two main functions:

-To make the following consonant a double consonant, meaning that it sounds “harder”. See first example in chart.

-To end abruptly a word. See second example in the cart.

-You can make pretty much ANY kana small by typing either an X or an L before. That would make your typing a little “fancier” and it would show as if the sound were fading away. Also used to elongate vowels.

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Japanese phrases:

I’ll take the basic ones from CS, because you really get to know them. Credits go to Abunai-san for the topic and to anyone who contributed to his topic. I will be correcting a few things though.

Every sentence goes by: English meaning – Romanji – Oral Pronunciation/Written Pronunciation.
I am (your name). – Watashi wa (your name) desu. わたし/私 は ______ です
Who is he? – Kare wa donata desu ka? かれわどなたですか？/彼はどなたですか？
I am using this spot. (used for training maps) – tsukattemasu つかってます/使ってます
Good morning – Ohayou gozaimasu　おはようございます/お早うございます
Good afternoon (day) – Konn nichiha こんにちは
Good evening – Konbanha　こんばんは/今晩は
Good-bye – Sayonara　さよなら
Good night – Oyasuminasai　おやすみなさい/お休みなさい
How are you? – O genki desu ka?　おげんきですか/お元気ですか？
How do you do? — Hajimemashite　はじめまして/始めまして
Pleased to meet you – Dozo yoroshiku or Yoroshiku onegaishimasu　どぞよろしくおねがいします/どぞよろしくお願いします
I am fine – Hai, genki desu　はい,　げんきです/元気です
And you? – Anata ha?　あなたは？
Thank you (very much) – Doumo arigatou gozaimasu　どうもありがとうございます
You’re welcome – Dou itashi mashite　どういたしまして
Say! Listen! (to get attention) – Anone　あのね
Excuse me (to get attention) – Sumi masen　すみません
Excuse me (pardon me) – Gomenn nasai or Shitsurei shimasu　ごめんなさい or しつれいします
I am sorry – Gomenn nasai　ごめんなさい
Please (when offering something) – Douzo　どうぞ
Please (when requesting something) – Kudasai　ください
Please show me – Misete kudasai　みせてください/見せてください
Please write it – Kaite kudasai　かいてください/書いてください
Please give me this – Kore wo kudasai　これをください ←I’m not sure about this one…
Let’s go – Ikimashou　いきましょう/行きましょう
Do you speak English? – Anata ha eigo wo hanashimasu ka?　あなたはえいごをはなしますか？/あなたは英語を話しますか？
Yes, I speak a little – Hai, sukoshi hanashimasu　はい,　すこしはなします/はい、少し話します
Do you understand? – Wakarimasu ka?　わかりますか/分かりますか？
Yes, I understand – Hai, wakarimasu　はい, わかります/分かります
Oh, I see – Aa, sou desu ka　あぁ、そうですか
No, I don’t understand – Iie, wakarimasen　いいえ,　わかりません
Please say it again – Mou ichido itte kudasai もういちどいってください/もう一度言ってください
Please speak slowly – Yukkuri hanashi te kudasai　ゆっくりはなしてください/ゆっくり話してください
Please wait a moment – Chotto matte kudasai　ちょっとまってください/ちょっと待ってください
What is your name? – Onamae ha nan desu ka?　おなまえはなんですか？/お名前は何ですか？(The old one wasn’t impolite enough)
My name is _______ – Watashi no namae ha ________ desu　わたしのなまえは _________　です/私の名前は＿＿＿＿です
Where is it? — Douko desu ka?　どうこですか？
What time is it? — Nanji desu ka?　なんじですか/何時ですか？
How much is it? — Sore ha ikura desu ka?　それはいくらですか？
I will take it — Sore kudasai　それください
No, thank you — Iie kekko desu　いいえけっこです　←I’m not sure about this.
Do you like it? — Suki desu ka?　すきですか/好きですか？
I like it — Suki desu　すきです
I don’t like it — Kirai desu　きらいです
It’s beautiful — Kirei desu　きれいです
Is the top good? (saying to take the top of the map) – ueha ii desuka? うえはいいですか/上はいいですか?
Is the bottom good? (saying to take the bottom of the map) – shitaha ii desuka? したはいいですか/下はいいですか?

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Japanese Writing:

For those who really want to know how to write Japanese, here’s my quick image-guide.

Hiragana:

Hiragana writing

Katakana:

Katakana writing

Words and sentences in game and some more:

Yay, my favourite part! I’ve been dieing to release this. I’m telling you it’s going to be a lot of stuffs. A sum of them are already above the page. Here it goes; the format will be the following:

Japanese
Romanji
Meaning in English

初心者
shoshinsha
Beginner

戦士
senshi
Warrior

魔法使い
mahoutsukai
Magician

弓使い
yumitsukai
Archer

攻撃力
kougekiryoku
Weapon Attack

命中率
meichuuritsu
Accuracy

回避率
kaihiritsu
Avoidability

移動速度
idou sokudo
Speed

ジャンプ力
janpu ryoku
Jump

グループ入れてくれませんか？
guru-pu irete kuremasenka?
Could you insert me in the group(PT)?

いいですよ
iidesuyo
It’s good.

リダー
rida-
Leader

←
hidari
Left arrow

→
migi
Right arrow

↑
ue
Up arrow

↓
sita
Down arrow

☆★星
hoshi
Star

△▽▲▼
sankaku
Triangle

○●
maru
Circle

投げ
nage
Throw (Something like that, not sure)

うるさい
urusai
Shut up!

死ね
shine
Die!

友達
tomodachi
Friend

外人
gaijin
Foreigner

戦闘員
sentouin
Attacker

場所売ります
basho urimasu
Selling spot (Used to sell your vending spot)

お疲れ様でした
otsukaresamadeshita
I don’t really know its meaning, though I know when it’s used. Use it when you killed a boss with a PT.

一　二　三　四　五　六　七　八　九　十
ichi ni san yon go roku nana hachi kyuu juu
These are numbers from 1 to 10

悪例
akurei
demonic

楽しい
tanoshii
fun

さっきどこでわいてました？
sakkidokodewaitemashita?
Where was it a while ago?

今日のジパガシャ何チャンがいいですか？
kyou no jipa gasha nani chan gaii desu ka?
What channel/s are good for gashing at Jipang (Kinoko Shrine)?

内緒
naisho
whisper

希望
kibou
Offer

(item)を(price)で売ります 窓よろ
(item)wo(price)de urimasu mado yoro
Selling (item) for (price) Trade me

いくら？
ikura?
How much?

でも
demo
however

では
deha
then

またね
matane
bye

なし/いない
nashi/inai
none

詐欺師
sagi shi
scammer

横師
yoko shi
KSer

チート
chi-to
cheat

呼べます
yobemasu
to call

あります
arimasu
to have

と
to
and

か
ka
or

More coming soon!

Last update: March 15, 2007