Japanese in manga
JLPT N4
Manga lines whose difficulty sits at N4, with what the official English had to give up to carry them.
6 notes
By kind of Japanese
- All174
- Honorifics & keigo17
- Role language19
- Register & tone35
- First-person pronouns9
- Second-person pronouns4
- Villain speech5
- Idioms55
- Body idioms48
- Four-character idioms18
- Proverbs7
- Kanji anatomy81
- Buddhist vocabulary39
- Language around death7
- Wordplay10
- Classical & archaic Japanese4
- No English equivalent40
- One word, many renderings34
- False friends5
- Cultural localisation6
By JLPT level
By series
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諦めろバカ息子コビーの覚悟は本物だぞ！！
“HEY, IDIOT-SON-OF-THE-CAPTAIN! KOBY MEANS IT!”
Seeing It Clearly Enough to Let Go: 諦める and the Buddhist Truth English Buries Under "Give Up"
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私の顔色は悪く見えるか
“DOES MY COMPLEXION LOOK POOR TO YOU?”
A Face Under Surveillance: 顔色 and the Complexion English Stops Reading
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どうした？ああ顔色が悪いぜ…
“WHAT'S WRONG? YOU'RE AS WHITE AS A SHEET.”
White as a Sheet, Blue with Fear: 顔色 and the Color Japanese Leaves Unnamed
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綱手様が木ノ葉に戻って下さってホントに助かった
“I'M TRULY GRATEFUL THAT LADY TSUNADE HAS RETURNED TO KONOHA.”
The Favor That Flows Downward: くださる and the Superior's Gift VIZ Renders as Plain Gratitude
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儂ももう長くはない
“I DON'T HAVE MUCH LONGER.”
One Pronoun, Every Old Man: 儂・わし and the Elder "I" English Flattens Into Plain "I"
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わしの町はわしが守る！！
“IT'S MY TOWN AND I'LL PROTECT IT!”
My Town, My Fight: わし and the Old Man's 'I' English Flattens to Plain 'I'