Tales of series importers, how much Japanese do you know?

Cloud · Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 17473

Currently almost done with 102, so I can understand some spoken dialogue. Reading is harder because I'm a lazy sack of **** who forgets to do his reps half the time so my kanji knowledge is limited.
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Orenj · Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:34 pm Post subject:

I can read katakana. So if you count all of the ways to represent English words as katakana, that would be a lot. I also have some of the hiragana memorized.

I also know a few kanji from a level 1 Chinese class and from animu and video games.
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Radge · Joined: 14 Dec 2012 Posts: 985 Location: Town of Duwang

Zilch.

I've played a handful of Japanese versions of my games, but I never really took the time to understand and learn...

I know a miniscule amount of spoken words though.
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Ruin · Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:41 pm Post subject:

i know what kawaii means
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Xendyl · Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:42 pm Post subject:

Katakana

Any word/phrase overused in anime/manga. Sugoi desu neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ryuuka of the 7th Flame · Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:50 pm Post subject:

Accelerator · Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 6987

I have enough of a vocabulary from watching anime/playing japanese vidya for years to (probably) get the general gist of (most) conversations if I listen to the voices.

I can read a few characters from just memorizing stuff like "items" or "gel", but that's about it.
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CyborgZeta · Joined: 15 Nov 2012 Posts: 359

I can read hiragana and katakana.

Generally, I know enough to get by in import games thanks to years of importing games. Super Robot Wars specifically.
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Flamzeron · Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:34 pm Post subject:

Very little. I can read an okay amount of katakana. My philosophy with imported Tales games is to play the game first, then get the story later.
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Colour · Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 1516

I can understand what's generally going on. I know hiragana, katakana, and most of the common kanji. I'm better at understanding Japanese than speaking it. I definitely need to work on my grammar and conversation skills. Most of my Japanese education in high school was vocabulary-focused (and somewhat self-taught).
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Shiv:) · Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 6485 Location: Playing ToHR

I can ~kind of~ read character names and item names, but that's from experience and a chart a friend gave me, I basically know nothing. I use translation guides for the script and pictures and memorization for the items and menu. And Walkthroughs for sidequests.
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Sunny · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 9750

Just so you know I'm the biggest weaboo on this forum.

I like to pass myself off as a nerd who knows a lot of Japanese but I really don't.

It's kind of a sad life, really.
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Suikoden2 · Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:27 am Post subject:

Dimentionalist · Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:33 am Post subject:

I'm studying Japanese at an intermediate level. I can understand a lot of basic things, but more nuanced dialogue gives me fits. My studies haven't been going as well as I'd hoped, since I had to drop my Japanese courses in order to graduate on time.
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Orenj · Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:54 am Post subject:

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