COMMON WORDS

Many Japanese games share the same words which are often written in Katakana. So, if you've just picked up a brand new game which is yet to receive any form of translation, have a look at the Common Words below to help you get through some of the basics.

All are written in;
Katakana - Romaji breakdown - English
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- A~  KE~  DO  = ARCADE

- BA  KKU  A  PPU  = BACKUP

- BU  RO  KKU  = BLOCK

- KA~  DO  = CARD

- KO  N  FI  GU  = CONFIG

- KO  N  TO  RO~  RA = CONTROLLER

- DI  SU  KU  = DISC

- DO  RI~  MU  KYA  SU  TO  = DREAMCAST

- GE~  MU  = GAME

- GE~  MU  BO~  I  = GAMEBOY

- KI~  = KEY

- RO~  DO  = LOAD

- RO~  DO  CHU~  = LOADING
The CHU symbol is Kanji and basically means 'within', 'in' or in this case 'in the process of' or '-ing'.

- ME  MO  RI~  = MEMORY

- MO  NO  RA  RU  = MONORAUL

- NI  N  TE  N  DOU  = NINTENDO

- O  PU  SHO  N  = OPTION

- PU  RE  YA~  = PLAYER

- PU  RE  I  SU  TE~  SHO  N  = PLAYSTATION

- SA  TA~  N  = SATURN

- SE~  BU  = SAVE

- SE~  BU  CHU~  = SAVING
The CHU symbol is Kanji and basically means 'within', 'in' or in this case 'in the process of' or '-ing'.

- SU  KO  A  = SCORE

- SA  U  N  DO  = SOUND

- SU  TA~  TO  = START

- SU  TE  RE  O  = STEREO

- HA  I  = YES
The above word 'hai' is written in Hiragana as it is the Japanese word for 'yes'.

- II  E  =  NO
The above word 'iie' is written in Hiragana as it is the Japanese word for 'no'.