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Learn Japanese with Lovely Planet

By Nickerchen

Ever wondered what those weird hieroglyphs meant?

Now you can learn it!

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Category: Story or Lore

Languages: English, Japanese

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24 Jan, 2015 @ 3:50am

27 Jun, 2016 @ 10:22am

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Guide Index

Overview

Basics

Levels

Ingame

Achievements

Comments

Basics

In the Japanese language 3 different sets of signs are used:

-Hiragana
-Katakana
-Kanji

Hiragana und katakana are signs that symbolise sounds, just like our alphabet.
While hiragana are used for different parts of japanese writing katakana is used for transcribing foreign words.
Here are all of them(hiragana left, katakana right:

(Source: wikipedia)

Kanji are signs that have a meaning as well as one or more ways to read it.
Example: 日本語

Levels

Level 1

level

name

reading

meaning

1-1

冒頭

ぼうとう/boutou

beginning

1-2

ターミナル

ta~minaru

terminal

1-6

バス

basu

bus

1-7

アパート

apa~to

apartment

1-9

ベランダ

beranda

veranda

1-11

庭

にわ/niwa

garden

1-12

ロビー

robi~

lobby

1-13

レストラン

resutoran

restaurant

1-16

旅行代理店

りょこうだいりてん/ryokoudairiten

travel agent

1-17

裏口

うらぐち/uraguchi

backdoor

1-20

町外れ

まちはずれ/machihazure

outskirts (of a town)

Level 2

level

name

reading

meaning

2-1

バスストップ

basusutoppu

bus stop

2-5

ファム

famu

farm

2-8

村長

そんちょう/sonchou

village headman

2-10

土

つち/tsuchi

earth

2-12

丘の頂上

おかのちょうじょう/okanochyoujyou

top of the hill

2-14

寺

てら/tera

temple

2-15

アイドル

aidoru

idol

2-16

ウイザード

uiza~do

wizard

2-17

レーク

re~ku

lake

2-19

ブリッジ

burijji

bridge

Level 3

level

name

reading

meaning

3-2

林

はやし/hayashi

grove

3-3

ジャングル

janguru

jungle

3-5

泉

いずみ/izumi

fountain

3-6

アンテナ

antena

antenna

3-7

隠し砦

かくしとりで/kakushitoride

hidden fortress

3-10

人屋

ひとや/hitoya

prison

3-14

チャンバー

chanba~

chamber

3-16

下水道

げすいどう/gesuidou

sewer

3-20

旧道

きゅうどう/kyuudou

old road

3-21

溝渠

こうきょ/koukyo

ditch

Level 4

level

name

reading

meaning

4-2

沼

ぬま/numa

marsh

4-4

忍者

にんじゃ/ninja

ninja

4-8

ビーム

bi~mu

beam

4-10

ねぐら

negura

nesting place

4-12

エスケープ

esuke~pu

escape

4-15

バルー

baru~

"bar" said in a flamboyant manner

4-17

ガード

ga~do

guard

4-19

パス

pasu

path

4-21

はしご

hashigo

ladder

4-22

峠

とうげ/tōge

mountain peak

Level 5

level

name

reading

meaning

5-2

前山

ぜんざん/zenzan

foothills

5-5

ステツプス

sutepusu

steps

5-7

僧院

そういん/souin

buddhist monastery

5-9

ウイザード

uiza~do

wizard

5-11

氷河

ひょうが/hyouga

glacier

5-15

ターミナル

ta~minaru

terminal

Ingame

When shooting a baddie:
-敗れた
-やぶれた/yabureta
-defeated

After shooting a good guy:
-味方
-みかた/mikata
-ally

When shooting a bullet:
-受け流し
-うけながし/ukenagashi
-parry

5-13 Secret
-太陽を称賛
-たいようおしょうさん/taiyō o shōsan
-praise the sun!

Achievements

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