Japanese in manga
Cultural localisation
Where the translation swapped a culture, not a word.
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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てめェにゃ血も涙もねェのかァ！！！
“HAVE YOU NO FEELINGS?! ARE YOU MADE OF STONE?!!”
No Blood, No Tears: 血も涙もない and the Stone and Heart English Reaches for Instead
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成仏してください
“REST IN PEACE!”
Praying the Demon Onward: 成仏してください and the Epitaph That Points the Wrong Way
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アハハハ堪忍袋って我慢するための袋であって…
“YOUR LIMIT? YOU MEAN YOU'LL GET EXPLOSIVE?”
The Bag That Holds Your Temper: 堪忍袋 and the Etymology Lesson VIZ Blew Up
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たとえそれが冥土の土産でもだ！！
“NOT EVEN AS A DEPARTING GIFT TO HELL...”
A Souvenir for the Underworld: 冥土の土産 and the Hell VIZ Wrote Into Buggy's Threat
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しかしそうなると私は一体どうなるのか…南無三…
“BUT IN THAT CASE... WHAT ABOUT ME? DAMN IT!”
The Monk Who Says "Damn It!": 南無三 and the One Prayer VIZ Chose to Translate
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てめェらは少々やりすぎた…！！往生しろよ！！
“YOU WENT TOO FAR!! NOW REST IN PIECES!!”
Telling the Dead to Move Along: 往生しろ・成仏してください and the Tombstone Pun VIZ Reached For