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The Sims in Japanese! (And other videogames and manga without furigana)
Want to play The Sims in Japanese but don’t know enough kanjito play it? I recently discovered a way to do it! And it probably works in lots of other videogamesANDmangathat do not have furigana!
It’s not perfect, I admit. But it really helps. And it’s free, by the way.
ThesoftwareI began using is called Capture2Text.
You can know more about it here: http://capture2text.sourceforge.net/
And you can downloadit here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/capture2text/
You just have to press two keys of your keyboard and then select what you want to translate.
And here is how I use it:
I don’t know if there’s a way for the software to separate the words and to give me their pronunciation. But that’s easy to solve. I basically just copy the word/text from the software and paste it into Jisho (https://jisho.org/).
I do not know much about its settings either, but here are the main ones that I somehow changed:
Why did I start using this?
Because I would need to know thousands of kanji to play it in Japanese, so I could easily look up the words in the dictionary using their pronunciation. But I just know 400 kanji right now. I could wait until I know most of them, but I’m into language immersion (seriously, guys. It works.) and I really love The Sims 2, 3 & 4. So why wait? I will keep learning kanji, of course (it’s more important than I ever imagined when I began learning this language, because I thought learning vocab would be enough). But through this method, I can even improve my kanji knowledge. Reading immersion can improve our vocabulary, grammar AND kanji.
So… if you’re like me, try it out!
It’s easy to get the meaning of the individual words through an addon like Rikaichamp(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/rikaichamp/) and, if you still don’t understand the meaning of the sentence, just click “language switcher“ and it will give you the translation. I don’t recommend it though. As Matt from MIApproachsays, «Growing your capacity to tolerate ambiguity is essential to making rapid progress. Unfortunately, tolerating ambiguity often doesn’t come naturally. Most of us have grown up in a culture that places a lot of value on “understanding things.” Because of this, for most people, being able to tolerate ambiguity is a skill that must be actively cultivated over time.»
オノマトペ /의성어/ Onomatopoeia
pt1
日本語 - 한국어 - English / Japanese - Korean - English
1. ふわふわ - 말랑말랑 /폭신폭신- fluffy
2.ドキドキ - 두근두근 - butterflies / pounding heart
3. はくしょん - 에취 - achoo
4. ピンポン - 딩동 - ding dong
5.トントン - 똑똑똑 - knock knock
Animal Names in Japanese
Part 3
Fish : 魚 (さかな)
Frog : 蛙 (かえる)
Crow : 烏 (からす)
Owl : 梟 (ふくろう)
Penguin : ペンギン
Snake : 蛇 (へび)
Deer : 鹿 (しか)
Reindeer : トナカイ
Flamingo : フラミンゴ
Pigeon / Dove : 鳩 (はと)
Animal Names in Japanese
Part 2
Fox:狐 (きつね)
Wolf:狼 (おおかみ)
Bear:熊 (くま)
Lion:ライオン
Tiger:虎 (とら)
Panda:パンダ
Elephant:象 (ぞう)
Giraffe:麒麟 (きりん)
Squirrel/chipmunk:栗鼠 (りす)
Sugar glider:モモンガ
Animal Names in Japanese
Part 1
Animal (s) : 動物(どうぶつ)
Bird : 鳥 (とり)
Cow : 牛(うし)
Horse: 馬(うま)
Dog : 犬(いぬ)
Cat:猫(ねこ)
Pig:豚(ぶた)
Wild Boar:猪(いのしし)
Rabbit:兎(うさぎ)
Mouse:鼠(ねずみ)
Guinea pig:モルモット
The solar system
Japanese/Korean
Space :
宇宙 (uchū) /우주 (wooju)
Alien :
宇宙人 (uchūjin)/외계인 (oegyein)
Planet:
惑星 (wakusei)/행성 (haengseong)
Sun :
太陽 (taiyō)/태양 (taeyang)
Moon:
月 (tsuki)/달 (dal)
Mercury:
水星 (suisei)/수성 (suseong)
Venus:
金星 (kinsei)/금성(geumseong)
Earth:
地球 (chikyū)/지구(jigu)
Mars:
火星 (kasei)/화성(hwaseong)
Jupiter:
木星 (mokusei)/목성(mogseong)
Saturn:
土星 (dosei)/토성(toseong)
Uranus:
天王星 (ten'nōsei)/천왕성(cheonwangseong)
Neptune:
海王星 (kaiōsei)/해왕성(haewangseong)
Pluto:
冥王星 (meiōsei)/명왕성(myeongwangseong)
Star:
星 (hoshi)/별(byeol)
Asteroid:
小惑星(shōwakusei)/소행성(sohaengseong)
Comet:
彗星 (suisei)/혜성(hyeseong)
The Japanese alphabet
(片仮名 / katakana / カタカナ)
ア イ ウ エ オ a i u e o
カ キ ク ケ コ ka ki ku ke ko
サ シ ス セ ソ sa shi su se so
タ チ ツ テ ト ta *chi *tsu te to
ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ na ni nu ne no
ハ ヒ フ ヘ ホ ha hi *fu he ho
マ ミ ム メ モ ma mi mu me mo
ヤ ユ ヨ ya yu yo
ラ リ ル レ ロ ra ri ru re ro
ワ ヲ wa wo
ン n
+
*ウァ *ウィ *ウェ *ウォ*wa *wi *we *wo
*ヴァ *ヴィ *ヴ *ヴェ *ヴォ *va *vi * v *ve *vo
ガ ギ グ ゲ ゴ ga gi gu ge go
ザ ジ ズ ゼ ゾ za *ji zu ze zo
シャ シュ ショ sha shu sho
ジャ ジュ ジョ ja ju jo
ダ ヂ ヅ デ ド da *ji *zu de do
チャ チュ チョ cha chu cho
バ ビ ブ ベ ボ ba bi bu be bo
パ ピ プ ペ ポ pa pi pu pe po
Country Names in Japanese pt2
USA - アメリカ or 米国（べいこく)
France - フランス
Italy - イタリア
Australia - オーストラリア
Portugal - ポルトガル
Spain - スペイン
New Zealand - ニュージーランド
English words that are used in Japan pt 2
ice cream (アイスクリーム), is also referred to as just `ice` (アイス）
pen (ペン）is also called a ballpen (ボールペン）
chime (チャイム）
drama (ドラマ）
television (テレビジョン), is usually shortened and referred to as `terebi`(テレビ）
English words that are used in Japan
Ball (ボール)
Card (カード)
Service (サービス)
Beach(ビーチ)
File(ファイル)
Salon (サロン)
Country Names EN/JP/KR
Pt1
Country / 国（くに) / 나라
China / 中国(ちゅうごく) /중국
India /インド/ 인도
Indonesia / インドネシア/ 인도네시아
Pakistan / パキスタン/ 파키스탄
Bangladesh / バングラデシュ/방글라데시Japan / 日本(にほん) / 일본
Korea /韓国(かんこく) / 한국
Animal Names in Japanese pt4
Bee : 蜂 (はち)
Camel :駱駝 (らくだ)
Goat :山羊 (やぎ)
Mosquito : 蚊 (か)
Otter : カワウソ
Peacock : 孔雀 (くじゃく)
Zebra : シマウマ
Kangaroo : カンガルー
Hyena : ハイエナ
Hedgehog : ハリネズミ
Comparing Chinese character readings in Japanese & Korean pt 1
Fact : Japanese and Korean have a lot of words from Chinese. Because of this there is a lot of words that sound the same or similar. Also this plus the grammar being the same is the reason why Korean is the easiest to learn for Japanese people and vice versa.
jp/kr
Chinese characters - 漢字 kanji / 한자 hanja
promise - 約束 yakusoku / 약속 yagsog
Family - 家族 kazoku / 가족 gajok
Tool - 道具 dōgu / 도구 dogu
High School - 高等学校 kōtōgakkō / 고등학교 godeunghaggyo
School - 学校 gakkō/ 학교 haggyo
Japan - 日本 Nihon or Nippon / 일본 ilbon
Korea - 韓国 Kankoku/ 한국 hangug
Fruit names in Japanese
Fruit - 果物（くだもの)
1. Apple - 林檎 (りんご)
2. Banana - バナナ
3. Grape - 葡萄 (ぶどう)
4. Peach - 桃 (もも)
5. Watermelon -西瓜 (すいか)
6. Melon -メロン
7. Pear - Japanese pears - 梨(なし)
- 洋梨(ようなし)
8. Orange - オレンジ
9. Mandarin - 蜜柑(みかん)
10. Lemon - 檸檬(れもん)
Movie names (EN / JP)/映画のタイトル(英語 /日本語)
English : Moana （モアナ)
Japanese : モアナと伝説の海
EN trans : Moana and the legend of the sea
モアナ - Moana
と - and
伝説(でんせつ) - legend
の - (particle)
海 (うみ)- sea/ocean
English : Big Hero 6 （ビッグ・ヒーロー・シックス）
Japanese:. ベイマックス
EN Trans: baymax
日本語 :偉大な6人のヒーロー
English :Frozen (フローズン)
Japanese: アナと雪の女王
EN trans : Anna and the snow queen
アナ - Anna
と - and
雪(ゆき) - snow
の - (particle)
女王(じょおう) - queen
日本語:凍結
The body in Japanese
Pt1
Body - 体(からだ)
Head - 頭(あたま)
Arms - 腕(うで)
Legs - 脚(あし)
Feet - 足(あし)
