Japanese in manga
False friends
Looks like the English word. Is not.
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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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負傷すればする程動きが鈍くなる…足を引っ張ることになる
“...AND THE MORE I HOLD HIMEJIMA BACK.”
Not That Kind of Leg-Pull: 足を引っ張る and the False Friend VIZ Had to Dodge
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それによってキミらに〝仲間の足を引っ張ってしまう!!〟という想像を絶するプレッシャーを与えたわけだ…?
“WITH THAT RULE, I PRESSURED YOU WITH THE FEAR THAT ANYTHING YOU DID WRONG... ...WOULD BRING YOUR TEAMMATES DOWN WITH YOU.”
Pulling a Leg, Dead Serious: 足を引っ張る and the False Friend Naruto Also Has to Dodge
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茶番は終わりだ!!この町ごと吹き飛ばす!!!全て消し飛ばしてやる!!!
“TEATIME'S OVER, KIDDIES! WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT UP THIS TOWN!! UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT!!!”
The Tea Inside the Farce: 茶番 and the False Friend VIZ Turned into a Great Line
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かたわらに潜む白にその戦いの一部始終を観察させていたワケだ
“HAKU, WHO WAS HIDING NEARBY, OBSERVED AND STUDIED EVERY ASPECT OF OUR FIGHT, FROM BEGINNING TO END.”
One Whole Book, Start to Finish: 一部始終 and the "Part" That Secretly Means "Everything"
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いやごくろう戦いの一部始終を見せてもらった
“I SAW THE WHOLE THING. WELL DONE.”
The Part That Means the Whole: 一部始終 and the Start-to-Finish VIZ Compresses Into Three Words