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COMMON WORDS

Many Japanese games share the same words which are often written in Katakana. So, if you've just picked up a brand new game which is yet to receive any form of translation, have a look at the Common Words below to help you get through some of the basics.

All are written in;
Katakana - Romaji breakdown - English
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Katakana- ARCADE - A~  KE~  DO  = ARCADE


Katakana- BACKUP
- BA  KKU  A  PPU  = BACKUP


Katakana- BLOCK - BU  RO  KKU  = BLOCK


Katakana- CARD - KA~  DO  = CARD


Katakana- CONFIG - KO  N  FI  GU  = CONFIG


Katakana- CONTROLLER
- KO  N  TO  RO~  RA = CONTROLLER


Katakana- DISC - DI  SU  KU  = DISC


Katakana- DREAMCAST
- DO  RI~  MU  KYA  SU  TO  = DREAMCAST


Katakana- GAME - GE~  MU  = GAME


Katakana- GAMEBOY
- GE~  MU  BO~  I  = GAMEBOY


Katakana- KEY - KI~  = KEY


Katakana- LOAD - RO~  DO  = LOAD


Katakana- LOADING - RO~  DO  CHU~  = LOADING
The CHU symbol is Kanji and basically means 'within', 'in' or in this case 'in the process of' or '-ing'.

Katakana- MEMORY - ME  MO  RI~  = MEMORY


Katakana- MONORAUL - MO  NO  RA  RU  = MONORAUL


Katakana- NINTENDO
- NI  N  TE  N  DOU  = NINTENDO


Katakana- OPTION - O  PU  SHO  N  = OPTION


Katakana- PLAYER - PU  RE  YA~  = PLAYER


Katakana- PLAYSTATION
- PU  RE  I  SU  TE~  SHO  N  = PLAYSTATION


Katakana- SATURN - SA  TA~  N  = SATURN


Katakana- SAVE - SE~  BU  = SAVE


Katakana- SAVING - SE~  BU  CHU~  = SAVING
The CHU symbol is Kanji and basically means 'within', 'in' or in this case 'in the process of' or '-ing'.


Katakana- SCORE - SU  KO  A  = SCORE


Katakana- SOUND - SA  U  N  DO  = SOUND


Katakana- START - SU  TA~  TO  = START


Katakana- STEREO - SU  TE  RE  O  = STEREO



Hiragana- HAI (yes) - HA  I  = YES
The above word 'hai' is written in Hiragana as it is the Japanese word for 'yes'.


Hiragana- IIE (no) - II  E  =  NO
The above word 'iie' is written in Hiragana as it is the Japanese word for 'no'.

 

 




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