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A LITTLE JAPANESE WILL TAKE YOU A LONG WAY! And get you heaps of xp!!!
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THE JAPANESE ALPHABET
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Sounds intimidating but it ain’t!
It basically goes like this
A = ah, as in ‘bah’
I = ee, as in ‘free’
U = oo, as in ‘boo’
E = ay, as in ‘day’
O = oe, as in ‘toe’
If you can remember this the Japanese alphabet and its correct pronunciation will be a cinch for you. I know we don’t speak in the game but nonetheless I think this may be helpful to some of you.
The rest of the Alphabet* goes like this:
*first please note that this only applies to hiragana and katakana, kanji is a different story however it does follow the same pronunciation and alphabet, Kanji just uses Chinese characters to represent multiple Japanese letters with one symbol.
1)A-I-U-E-O
2)KA-KI-KU-KE-KO
3)SA-SHI-SU-SE-SO
4)TA-TI(CHI)-TSU-TE-TO
5)NA-NI-NU-NE-NO
6)HA-HI-HU*-HE-HO *PRON. AS FU AS IN FUKIKO
7)MA-MI-MU-ME-MO
8)YA--I—YU—-E—YO
9)LA-LI-LU-LE-LO OR RA-RI-RU-RE-RO(L AND R ARE THE SAME SOUND IN JAPANESE) ANYONE REMEMBER THE LALILULEO FROM PS2 METAL GEAR??
10)WA—WO(O)-N(M)
I REMEMBER IT WITH THIS PHRASE ‘AKA SATAN HAS MAYA LAWA’ BUT FEEL FREE TO MAKE YOUR DEVISE YOUR OWN MEMORY TOOL!
From Aenos
Great information here regarding the pronunciation and alphabet. Some modifications have been made by wife who is Japanese.
The basic sounds in Japanese are based on vowels and a set of consonants in set with the vowels.
Our basic vowels are:
A = a, as in ‘father’
I = ee, as in ‘free’
U = oo, as in ‘boo’
E = ay, as in ‘day’
O = oe, as in ‘toe’
Now, the consonats we use are:
K, S, T, N, H, M, Y, R, W,
Which will be like:
KA, KI, KU, KE, KO
SA, SHI, SU, SE, SO
TA, TI(CHI), TSU, TE, TO
NA, NI, NU, NE, NO
HA, HI, HU(FU), HE, HO
MA, MI, MU, ME, MO
YA, I (YI*), YU, E (YE*), YO
RA, RI, RU, RE, RO
WA, I (WI*), U (WU*), E (WE*), WO
In Japanese characters, The basic vowels are expressed with a single character for each, and also the consonant+vowel sounds are also expressed with a single character.
(the ones with * mark are there technically, but we just use the sounds of the vowels only, since in Japanese, it is hard to make the distinction between the two sounds.)
(TI is pronounced CHI as in CHIc, TU is pronounced TSU as in TSUnami)
We also have a single N, pronounced as in (waNt)
and ‘n’=also pronounced as ‘m’
ie. eng.-Combo….jpn.-Konbo (KO N BO)
So, the sounds of a Japanese word pronunciation is basically a combination of the pronunciation sets described above.
EX)
KO-N-NI-TI(CHI)-WA (hello)
SA-YO-NA-RA (goodbye)
A-NA-TA (you)
WA-TA-SI(SHI) (I)
In addition to the vowels and basic consonant+vowel set, we have sub-set deriving from the basic set.
These are, in Japanese hiragana characters, expressed by a 2 small lines (similar to a quotation mark) or little circle (like celcius) added to the the upper right hand side of the basic character.
KA-KO variation:
GA, GI, GU, GE, GO (2 lines)
SA-SO variation:
ZA, ZI, ZU, ZE, ZO (2 lines)
TA-TO variation:
DA, DI, DU, DE, DO (2 lines)
HA-HO variation:
BA, BI, BU, BE, BO (2 lines)
PA, PI, PU, PE, PO (little circle)
Kind of confusing if you can’t see the actual writing….
EXAMPLES:
A-RI-GA-TO (thank you)
ME-GA-MI (goddess)
BA-ME-N (scene)
(DI is pronounced JI as in JIngle, DU is pronounced the same as ZU, but the character is different)
So, when you see a Roma-ji, you will be able to breakdown the word in to these basic characters to see how many characters it is expressed by in Japanese.
These are all pronunciation characters, and it doesn't have any meaning alone, just like the English alphabets.
Kanji are Chinese characters that have both a Japanese and Chinese reading (kunyomi and onyumi respectively) Sometimes 2 of each, but sometimes however there is only one reading for a Kanji:
For example:
There is a single Character that means "ELECTRICITY", which is pronounced "DE-N".
There is a single character that means "SPEECH", which is pronounced "WA".***
When these two characters are combined to form a word of two chinese characters, it becomes a new word pronounced "DE-N-WA", which means "Telephone". Literally ‘electric speech’.
I know it's confusing, but at least, you will know where to break up the pronunciation, when you see a Roma-ji (ro-u-ma-ji, rouma means Rome, ji means characters.
***The Kanji for WA is also the same kanji for the verb ‘to talk’. (HANA-SU). In present form= ‘HA-NA’-SHI-MA-SU
HANA-SU is the Kunyomi
WA is the Onyomi
This kanji has another kunyomi is well ‘hanashi’.
Hanashi can mean talk, speech, tale, story, rumor or news.
Aenos
Easy, eh! Now for the real useful stuff!
EDIT: Confusing, eh…..
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PHRASES
1)Could I join your party?
Party ni irete itadakemasuka?
PT ni irete kudasai?
2)Sorry, i don't understand kanji and hiragana.
Sumimasen, kanji to hiragana wakarimasen.
3)Romaji is OK or Romaji please.
Romaji wa daijyoubu. or Romaji onegaishimasu.
4)I would like to learn some japanese.
Nihongo wo benkyo shitai.
5)Thank you very much
domou arigatou gozaimasu
6)I'm truly thankful
hontoni arigatou
7)Sorry, excuse me
sumimasen *
*Good to use this when ever JP do something good for you! it means you're sorry or 'excuse me'...but in a different sense then we use th word. A typical response will be ieie (pr.ee ay ee ay) this scenario is equiv to 'thanks and np'
8)Yes and no
Hai and iie (respectively) are typical responses.
9)Goodbye
Jya-ne (a great and casual way to say 'good-bye)
10)Let's go!
Ikimashou!
11)Shall we go?
Ikimashou ka?
12)The monster is big!
Monster wa okii desu.
13)I fought a goblin and an orc.
Goblin to Orc wo kenka shita.
14)Level Up
A katakana word! 'leberu appu' but u can simply write it as 'level up' and JP will know what u mean. When u level up...big gold 'LEVEL UP' pops up, but in the text window it reads in katakana 'leberu appu'.
15)Get xp
‘exp o fuyasu’....i dont know if JP use the term 'xp' but they may understanf 'experience' because that word is in english in the status menu.
‘exp o kasegu’….earn xp
16)Disband
‘kaisan shimasu’ (if it's just you wanting to leave the party say: "Party onukemasu")
17)Logout
‘logout’ or in katakana ‘roguauto’(i think)
18)Cast(spell)
‘magic o tsukatte’(literally, asking to'use spell'), tsukau is the Dict. form...difficult conjugation so just use what i say to get by.
‘magic o tsukau’…..to use magic
19)Seek(party)
‘party o sagashite imasu’ (I'm looking for a party)...sagashite imasu is the 'continuous or progressive verb tense' anything that has ‘....te imasu’ equals english 'be (verb)ing'
20)How do you say " ???" in Japanese?
‘Nihon de "???" wa nan desu ka?’ Lit. ‘Japanese in "?" as for what is?’ ***NOTE the "wa" particle is a TOPIC MARKER literally translating to 'as for' ex. Gohan wa? = lit. Dinner as for? but in Eng. we would say As for dinner? So the above phrase is really asking 'As for "?", what is it in Japanese?'
21)Please use the auto translator.
‘Jidou honyaku kino o tsukate kudasai.’ Lit. ‘Auto translator function use please.’
‘Tab henkan o tsukatte kudasai’
22)I'm sorry my Japanese is not good.(or any variation on this...just use the below phrase)
‘Sumimasen, watashi no nihongo wa yokunai desu yo!’
Lit. ‘Excuse me, my(watashi no) Japanese good is not I tell you!’
Yokunai=not good
yo!=I tell you! ne(at end of sentence)=Isn't it? the diff is ‘telling’ and ‘asking’ someone about something you said!
"Grammar wa yokunai desu" all japanese know the word grammar...it's been drilled into them since birth.
23)I want to learn some Japanese.
‘Nihongo o benkyo shitai.’ Lit. ‘Japanese learn doing!’JP will understand this as u r asking to learn a little.
24)Sorry, I don't understand.
‘Sumimasen, wakarimasen.’ or
Sorry, I dont understand "???".
‘Sumimasen, "???" wakrimasen.’
25)Hello, I'd like to join your(a) party.
‘Konnichiwa, party ni irete kurete arigatou’
As a general /shout ‘Sumimasen, party ni irete kurete arigatou’(polite)
‘PT ni irete kudasai’
26)Gotta go in 30 minutes!
‘Gomennasai, ato 30pun gurai de ochimasu.’ the term 'ato de' means 'later'
27)Gotta reboot, i will be back soon!
‘Pasokon o saikido shitara sugu modorimasu.’ OR
"PC o REBOOT shite, sugu modorimasu"
OR SIMPLY REBOOT CAN BE: ‘saikidou’
28)Where's a good place to hunt?
‘Doko de kari o shimasu ka?’ but my wife seems to think it would be easier to just say 'Good hunting place wa doko?'...afterall they did have the movie good will hunting here...LOL. As for opinion of where to hunt(after asking the above Q first) ‘Iken arimasu ka?’(iken means 'suggestion')
29)To find out your role or job in a party ask:
"Watashi no jyobu/yakume wa nan desu ka?"
jyobu=job
yakume=role
lit. My job/role what is?****NOTE if you are a male you can use ‘Boku’ instead of ‘watashi’….women can use ‘atashi’ instead of ‘watashi’.
30)Who is “tank”?
‘“Tate yaku(nikutate)” wa dare?’
31)Not sure if it was already posted but how do you say you need to go AFK for a bio break (potty break,bathroom, pitstop, whatever)?
Well typically JP never take breaks when they play but….
"Chotto riseki shimasu" = "AFK, BRB", However this sounds very serious, like, you’re at a business meeting or something.
“Chotto seki o hanaremasu.” Is more casual sounding
Simply…. ‘Riseki~’
32)May I check your charcter level?
‘Anata no leberu o shirabetemo ii desu ka?’ this is a trans. from my wife who doesn’t know the game lingo…anyone know a better way to ask this?
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Greetings
Good Morning Ohayo gozaimasu
Good Afternoon Konnichiwa
Good Evening Konbanwa
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Introductions
How are you? Ogenki desu ka?
Fine, thank you Hai, genki desu.
I'm pleased to meet you Hajimemashite.
Nice to meet you Douzo Yoroshiku.
What is your name? Onamae wa nan desu ka?
My name is Jane Doe Watashi wa Jane Doe.
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Language
I don't speak Japanese Nihongo o hanshimasen
Are you japanese Anata wa nihon-jin desu ka?
Please say that again Mou ichido itte kudasai
I am sorry Gomen nasai
Do you speak English? Eigo wo hanashimasu ka?
Do you understand? Wakarimasu ka?(or wakaru?)
Yes, I understand Hai, wakarimasu
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Closings
See you later Matane
Good Night Oyasumi Nasai
Good Bye Sayounara(when logging out)
Take care Kiotsukete
I'm leaving Itte kimasu
See you tomorrowjya mata ashita
Have a nice day Itte rashai
I'll be back Itte kimasu
I must sleepsoro soro nemasu(v)
***otsukaresama desita = (At end of party, used as) Thanks for the good PT. (closer to) Thanks for your hard work.
Depending how casual everyone gets, it may be shortened to either:
otsukaresama
otsukare
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Miscellaneous
Please Onegaishimasu
Thank you very much Doumo arigatou gozaimasu
You are welcome Douitashimashite
I like it Suki desu
I don't like it Kirai desu
It's OK, I don't mind Daijobu
Please come in Agatte kudasai
Please wait a moment Chotto matte kudasai
Yes Hai
No Iie
It's dangerous Abunai
Interesting Sugoi
Cool kakkoii
Write in english on paper kami ni eigo o kakimasu
Picture please? Shashin onegaishimasu
Wonderful Subarashii
Is that so? Sou desu ne?/
I got it/I get it (understanding)Sou Ka?
But... Demo...
Pretty Kirei(don't mix it up w/ Kirai)
Let's Go Ikimashou
Together Ishou ni
Wait a moment please Chotto Matte Kudasai(or sho sho o machi kudasai)
You are...? Anata wa...(good for designating roles if you're leader)
This is...? Kore wa
What is this? Nani Kore?
Excuse me/Sorry? Sumimasen
One very important phrase is:
'Ganbate'
Sometimes Ganbate kudasai. This is said by every japanese it could be their national motto! It means 'to do one's best', 'persevere', 'keep your chin up', 'fight, fight, fight' Japanese will sometimes respond to it using the word 'fight' in katakana. All japanese know the word fight, it is a common expression meaning the same as Ganbate.
A polite way to respond to Ganbate is....GANBARIMASU(means-I will 'ganbate')
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HONORIFICS
In Japanese, names are often if not always followed by some form of an honorific much like we use Sir, Mrs. or Dr. in English!
1) Name-san
san is Mr or Mrs or Miss/Ms. It is used often when speaking to a peer, but also used in many other instances.
2) Name-sensei
sensei is Master, Professor, Teacher, Lawyer, Doctor. It is used often when talking to a person who is senior to you. I often use this when I join JP parties b?c they are generally quite experienced and I think I’ve flattered a few with it because they keep inviting me back to PT..LOL.
3) Name-sama
sama is the same as ‘san’ but is typically used when writing the person’s name on an envelope. It is considered more polite than ‘san’ and has it’s own kanji character whereas ‘san’ does not. Lord or Lady I guess but it seems quite intense…
4) Name-chan
chan is dear. Can be patronizing but commonly used amongst friends and family especially when speaking to a female. I call my wife Megu-chan and do the same for my niece and nephew.
Thanks Miramon-san (^ ^)
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Apologizing-Sumimasen vs. Shitsurei shimasu
"sumimasen" is used for "Sorry", and can be used when approaching a stranger for the first time as in "I'm sorry to bother you but..."
"shitsurei shimashita" means, literally, "I've done something rude", and is used to mean "Excuse me". You'll see this as a /shout prefix when Japanese shout. "/Shout shitsurei shimasu. Blah blah blah"
EDIT: shitsurei shimasu can also be used when you have to leave abruptly or interrupt something in progress. I often say shitsurei shimasu when the ‘after dinner’ conversation at my house commences….LOL…after saying it I say ‘sumimasen’ and leave the room.
If you want to apologize for pulling 2 fiends, you'd probably want to use either "sumimasen" or "gomennasai", both would work. Shitsure shimashita wouldn't really feel right there.
"gomennasai" literally means "Please forgive me".
Arigatou gozaimasu going out to Dariakus once again.
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WORDS any word with (**) after is uncertain…
GAME SPECIFIC
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BEASTS
(note that beast names appear in English on Japanese Ver. of the game, so you can just use the names as they are)
crabkani
GoblinGoblin
monster/mob=may be the same? use english! or 'gunshu'
undeadbourei (this means spirit or ghost)
Mandoragora: Mando
Beetles: Mushi or Kabuto
Sheep: Hitsuji
Rabbits: Usagi
Wolf: Inu
Dhalmel: Kirin
Bogy: Obake
Skeleton: Hone
Leeches:takoyaki
Qudavs: Kame
Orcs: Buta
Worms: Mimizu
***Beast Difficulty(if anyone knows the full list of trans for this lemme know)
Incredibly Tough: Totemo Totemo Tsuyoi (Totetote or Tote2)
Very Tough: Totemo Tsuyoi (Tote)
Tough: Tsuyoi (Tsuyo)
Even: Onaji tsuyosa (Onatsuyo)
Decent Challenge: Choudo ii tsuyosa (Choudo)
Easy Prey: Raku na aite (Raku)
Too weak to be worthwile: Renshuu aite nimo naranai (Renshuu)
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EQUIPMENT
(usually have different names in Japanese…)
Armoryoroi
Equipmentsoubi
Instrumentgakki
Weaponbuki
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ITEMS
(50/50 split Eng/Jap…but in katakana…so you have a 50% chance that JP players will know what item you’re talking about…actually probably a much higher chance than you would have guessing what they were asking for in Hiragana or Kanji or even Katakana)
bomb bomu
bomb coal bomu no sekitan
coal sekitan
copper dou
copper ore doukouseki
Moat Carp Horibuna
Oniononion
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PARTY TALK
Pulltsuri ////// (i've never noticed this used but it could just be understood to mean pull. the actual definition is fishing though )
Skillchainsrenkei…DUHHH!
support job sapo-to , SP or sapo
tasty exp oishii, uma, umai
Logoff: Ochiru
Target: Tage
Aggro: Active
DoT: Slip Damage
Buff: Kyouka
Debuff: Jyakutai
AoE: Han'i kougeki
Zone: Area change
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PLACES
(Places and locations and NPCs have the same names…and in English!!!!)
AHAH...maybe?
Auctionkyoubai
Houseie
****kyoubai no ie? lit. translates to auction's house
Qufim, Elshmo Uplands/Lowlands: Gaijin shihai…..might mean that they are referring to the beastmen as foreigners and not NA’s?…maybe
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PEOPLE
ancient person kodaijin(kodai-ancient,jin=person)
everyonemina-san
friend tomodachi or tomodati (chi and ti are the same letter)
thief shifu
Mithra Neko
Galka Gal
Tarutaru Taru
Elvaan Eru
A WHM/BLM or BLM/WHM Panda
Tank = Tate yaku, Nikutate (Meatshield)
Damage Dealer = Attacker
Backup Tank = Yobi Tate
Backup Healer = Yobi kaifuku yaku
Puller = Tsuri Yaku
Hate Manager = Hate Kanri yaku (Sometimes used for Thieves with Fuidama)
GENERAL
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ADJECTIVES
big okii
fast/early hayaku
faster motto hayaku
skillful/good jyouzune
slow yukkuri, osoi ////// (I -think- yukkuri(adv) means slowLY, so osoi is (adj.))
tough tsuyoi
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VERBS
(D=dictionary,Pr=Present(same as future),past=past)Dictionary form is not usually used in conversation!
***to make a verb say “Let’s…..” ie. “Let’s go!” add ‘mashou’ ie. ‘ikimashou’ Also u can add ‘ka’ to make it a question.
Shall we go?ikimashou ka?
***to make a verb negative take the ‘masu’ form and change it to ‘masen’. Ie. I can=dekimasu, I can’t=dekimasen(dekimasu/dekimasen can also translate to ‘I’m able’ and ‘I’m not able’ respectively
‘be’ am,is,are wa...desu
cast kakemasu**
can D=dekiru, Pr=dekimasu, Pst=dekimashita
drink D=nomu, Pr.=nomimasu, Past=nonda
eat D=taberu,Pr=tabemasu,Pst=tabemashita
fight, battleD=tatakau, Pr=tatakaimasu, Pst=tatakaimashita
go D=iku, Pr=ikimasu, Pst=ikimashita
write D=kaku, Pr=kakimasu, Pst=kakimashita
hurry D=isogu, Pr=isogimasu, Pst=isogimashita
lookD=miru, Pr.=mimasu, Past=mita
panic D=awateru,Pr=awateteimasu, Pt=awatemashita
walkD=aruku, Pr.=arukimasu, Past=aruita
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NOUN-verbs
(that can be used as verbs with the irr. (v) suru)
fightkenka shimasu
Walksampo shimasu
***note---‘suru’ means ‘do’ and has Pr. 'shimasu’ and Past ‘shita’ forms
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PARTICLES
wo(written as ‘o’)'particle' is the object marker.
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CONNECTING WORDS
although, but dakedo
and then Soshite
but demo
therefore, so dakara
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MISCELLANEOUS
Englisheigo (ei=english,nihon=japan,go=language)
first saisho
congratzomedetou
Hi Yorusiku ////// (yoroshiku actually means alot more but can't adequately be translated to english...nonetheless it's awesome to say when you first meet someone)
hour ji, jikan ////// (ji is like a specific time, jikan is like a duration. IE> ichiji = 1 o'clock, ichijikan = 1 hour)
last saigo
late osoi
less sukanai
me watashi, also boku(M) and atashi(F)
mine kouzan
minute hun, pun, bun...too difficult to explain...sorry
mold nennkin**
next tsugi , also ‘as for next?’=tsugi wa?