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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
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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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助太刀に入った所で足手まといでしかないとわかるから動けねぇ
“I KNOW THAT IF I GO IN TO HELP, I'LL ONLY GET IN THE WAY.”
Three Speakers, One Verdict: 足手まとい and the Hindrance VIZ Can't Stop Choosing
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足手まといにしかなってないじゃない…！
“I'M JUST A BURDEN TO THEM... JUST SOMEONE THEY HAVE TO PROTECT!”
Tied Hand and Foot: 足手まとい and the Burden VIZ Keeps Calling "In the Way"
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足手まといになるから…ヒナ迷惑
“IF YOU GET IN MY WAY, HINA WILL BE VERY UPSET.”
Hina Talks About Hina: 足手まとい and the Body VIZ Turns Into a Warning
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無礼者っ！！
“HOW DARE YOU!”
Know Your Place: 無礼者 and the Hierarchy VIZ Flattens into Anger
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こりゃあ縁起がいいなあ
“WHAT LUCK!”
Nothing Arises Alone: 縁起 and the Doctrine of Dependent Origination Flattened into "WHAT LUCK!"
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誰が好んで海賊なんて外道になるか
“...AND IT DOESN'T INVOLVE BECOMING A STINKING PIRATE!”
Outside the Path: 外道 and the Buddhist Heretic English Turns Into "Stinking," "Brute," and "Fiend"
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何という極悪非道
“THAT'S POSITIVELY DIABOLIC!”
No Devil Required: 極悪非道 and the Off-the-Way Wickedness VIZ Turns Christian
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極楽
“*SIGNS: PARADISE”
Paradise in the Wallpaper: 極楽 and the Footnote VIZ Used When the Kanji Wouldn't Move
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まるで歯が立たないんです……！
“I'M NO MATCH FOR HIM!”
Teeth That Can't Get a Grip: 歯が立たない and the Bite VIZ Turns Into a Verdict
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自分自身を囮に使ったのだあの腹黒は
“THAT WICKED MAN USED HIMSELF AS A LURE.”
A Black Belly, a Plain Villain: 腹黒 and the Truth-Organ English Trades for "Wicked"
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ケンカばっかしてるあの２人にそんな因縁があったとは…
“WHO'D A THUNK THAT THOSE TWO, WHO FIGHT LIKE CATS 'N' DOGS, HAD SUCH A BOND?”
One Word for Fate and Grudge: 因縁 and the Karmic Tie English Splits Five Ways
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何より邪念が強い…
“...FAR MORE MALEVOLENT...”
The Chakra's Own Readout: 邪念 and the Mindfulness English Turns Into a Mood
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あァ困るね武器は邪念と暴力しか生まねェ！！
“WEAPONS GIVE BIRTH TO WICKED THOUGHTS AND VIOLENCE!!”
The Thought Gone Off the Path: 邪念 and the Buddhist Mindfulness English Splits Into "Wicked," "Sedition," and "Distraction"
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地獄の果てまで追いかけて
“I'LL FOLLOW YOU TO THE DEPTHS OF HELL...”
The Hell With Levels: 地獄 and the Eight Buddhist Underworlds English Flattens to One
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だから人は地に顔をうずめ神に慈悲を乞う！！
“THAT IS WHY PEOPLE BOW THEIR HEADS TO THE GROUND AND BEG FOR THE KAMI'S MERCY!!”
A False God's Mercy: 慈悲 and the Twin Compassions English Melts Into One Word
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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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船長に刺された傷だな…！！よくも顔色一つ変えずに立っていられるものだバカが…
“HE COULDN'T HAVE HEALED YET FROM THE WOUNDS THE CAPTAIN GAVE HIM. I'M SURPRISED HE CAN EVEN STAND...”
The Color Everyone Reads: 顔色 and the Signal English Keeps Renaming
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それだけでも内心肝を冷やしたものだが
“...AND THAT ALONE WAS FRIGHTENING.”
A Cold Liver, Not Cold Blood: 肝を冷やす and the Organ English Never Names
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なんという腰抜けだ
“WHAT A COWARD!”
Coward by the Hips: 腰抜け and the Anatomy "Coward" Erases
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腰抜け…
“COWARD!”
Losing Your Hips: 腰抜け and the Spine English Grows in Its Place
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さき程は失礼おわびにフルーツのマチェドニアを召し上がれ
“FORGIVE THE COMMOTION. A FRUIT MACÉDOINE, WITH MY COMPLIMENTS.”
A Verb That Bows: 召し上がる and the Deference English Can't Conjugate
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とにかくこの蛇今…虫の居所が悪いせいで私達食べられたのよ
“THE SNAKE ATE US BECAUSE HE WAS PROVOKED.”
A Bad Address for the Body's Bug: 虫の居所が悪い and the Mood English Renames "Provoked"
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ここに居ればこの国と共に奈落の底へ落ちてしまうのだ
“IF YOU STAY YOU'LL SIMPLY FALL TO THE GROUND WITH THIS COUNTRY.”
Hell, Borrowed by Ear: 奈落 and the Buddhist Abyss VIZ Turns Back Into Plain Ground
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その名を口にしましたね呪いが発動する…
“YOU SAID HIS NAME, THUS TRIGGERING THE CURSE.”
Say His Name and Die: 呪い and the Whole Native Sorcery Lexicon English Flattens Into "Curse"
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…なるほど…やはりか、あのサクラとかいう奴が言った首のアザとは…この呪印のことだったのか
“JUST AS I THOUGHT... ...THE SPELL MARK ON HIS NECK THAT LITTLE SAKURA WAS BLATHERING ON ABOUT IS THE MARK OF THE CURSE HE WAS PLACED UNDER...”
One Seal, Two Curses: 呪印 and the Sorcery Lexicon VIZ Squeezes Into "Curse Mark"
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往生際の悪い事だ…まだわからんのか
“WHAT SORE LOSERS. DON'T YOU GET IT YET?”
When "Give Up" Means "Die Gracefully": 往生際が悪い and the Buddhist Death Buried in a Villain's Taunt
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この世を恨んで呪いながら死んだ姉さんの怨念をこの世に存在させ…残し…知らしめるため…！
“...A REMINDER OF HER HATRED, OF HOW SHE WENT TO HER DEATH LOATHING AND CURSING THE WORLD... REMIND THEM... AND SHOW THEM ALL...!”
The Grudge That Refuses to Die: 怨念 and the Vengeful-Spirit Charge VIZ Boils Down to "Hatred"
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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
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三途の川を渡りかける
“...BEGAN TO CROSS THE RIVER TO THE AFTERLIFE.”
Not Japan's Styx: 三途の川 and the Three Crossings English Rounds Down to One
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私が四苦八苦してんのを楽しんでる……
“HE RUINS EVERYTHING... HE ENJOYS TORMENTING ME!”
Four Sufferings, Eight Sufferings: 四苦八苦 and the Buddhist Headcount VIZ Rounds Down to "Torment"
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それがしも深手だ！！この戦で死ぬだろう
“AND I AM DEEPLY WOUNDED!! I EXPECT I WILL DIE IN THIS BATTLE.”
Dying in Character: それがし and the Archaic Samurai 'I' English Flattens to Plain 'I'
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まあそんなものは戦う為の大義名分だとも言えるがな…
“THOUGH I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THEY USE IT TO JUSTIFY THEIR GOING TO WAR...”
A Cause With a Rank Attached: 大義名分 and the Confucian Doctrine VIZ Flattens Into "Justify"
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カシ神様の祟りだー！！
“IT'S THE CURSE OF THE GREAT KASHIGAMI!!”
Blaming the God You Just Killed: 祟り and the Curse Word VIZ Already Spent on 呪い
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手も足も出まいこの…
“I'M INVULNERABLE!!”
You Can't Even Get a Hand Out: 手も足も出ない and the Body-Idiom English Keeps Rewording
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ワシでも手に負えねーからのォ
“...EVEN I CAN'T HANDLE HIM!”
Too Heavy to Carry: 手に負えない and the Hands English Quietly Drops
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この力に手を染めちまったら最後…オレがどうなるかすら分からねェ…でも…
“ONCE I UNLEASH THIS POWER... I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN TO ME, BUT...”
Dyed, Not Dirtied: 手を染める and the Hands English Gets Backward
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解毒薬を調合されて手を焼いた
“...COMPOUNDED ANTIDOTES FOR THEM, AND MADE A FOOL OF ME.”
Too Hot to Hold: 手を焼く and the Burn English Never Felt
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私には何の天罰も下っていない
“...HEAVEN HAS NEVER PUNISHED ME.”
Nobody Up There to Punish Him: 天罰 and the Impersonal Heaven English Keeps Personifying
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．．．．．．どどなたか存じませんが．．．．．．水を
“I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE...”
I Humbly Don't Know: 存じる and the Kenjōgo Verb English Can't Conjugate