How to read trade lists - katakana chart and guide to japane

[Shimarisu]

http://www.uberlosers.co.uk/katakana.jpeg

- Shimarisu

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Guide to Japanese area names +characters for tourney

Well, this is practically the only thing not translated in the online game, but when you enter a tourney, you may have noticed that the area name (the top option in the specifications for the tournament) is in Japanese. Also when you join preset tourneys, character names are also in Japanese. So here is a guide so you know what to expect. Print it out for easy reference as you join a tournament.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pc.engine/katakananames.gif

- Shimarisu



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[Shimarisu]

Note, the crappy temporary webspace I'm forced to use at the moment will, I imagine, delete this jpg in 5 seconds flat (I'm not allowed to store pictures). So if anyone wants to dl the file and save it to decent webspace, please PM me the new location and I'll edit this.

- Shimarisu

[Zaneatron]

Thats a mighty fine table you got there shim http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif


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[Shimarisu]

Made a typo - YASUMINKOFU should be YASUMINOKOFU.

- Shimarisu

[Aunt_Betty]

Sticky?

lean Kanji: http://www.thejapanesepage2.com/kanji/kanjimenu.htm


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[Jools]

Thanks Shimarisu. If you're an importer of Jpn games its well worth learning Katakana, like Shimarisu suggests. Although I'm currently leaning Hiragana in my Japanese class and am doing my best to avoid Katakana for the moment in fear that it my confuse me (oh my poor brain! it can only handle so much learning).

Jools

[AppieDPC]

*saves to HD*
*prints*
Thank you very much Shimarisu!
I am surely going to love this.
Just a little side note on the Katakana in general:
What a small difference between the "N" and "SO" sign!
For a sec I read Paruchizaso in your example http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: AppieDPC on 2004-01-01 12:49 ]</font>

[Shimarisu]

Yes, it is hard to tell the difference with some fonts. The easy way to see with script based fonts is, the line at the bottom of N is drawn starting at the bottom, wheraes the SO is drawn starting at the top. But with computer scripts, they usually write SO with a line starting DEFINITELY at the top, the one with N being a lot lower. And the shorter line of SO will be written with an obviously more vertical line, whereas N is always diagonal. You will see what I mean if you look at the fonts in videogames. They have to make it obvious, because of the compromised pixels used. In writing you can see it straight away, but videgames have to be that little bit more definite because you can't see the strokes of the characters.

- Shimarisu

[AppieDPC]

ah that makes sense thanks.

[subzero1313]

wow man thanks a lot, Im going to try to learn this the best I can

-Nate

[LowLife]

On 2003-12-30 01:37, Jools wrote:
Thanks Shimarisu. If you're an importer of Jpn games its well worth learning Katakana, like Shimarisu suggests. Although I'm currently leaning Hiragana in my Japanese class and am doing my best to avoid Katakana for the moment in fear that it my confuse me (oh my poor brain! it can only handle so much learning).

Jools



I know how you feel,
Japanese is hard...

At least it isnt as bad as Kanji...