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5 5 Gadget Japanese
I'm living in Japan and studying Japanese, but I'd ruch mather employ Japanese on things I actually care about, such as trading card games, than on the school/sports-oriented settings smothering my Japanese text books. So this post will collect Japanese gadgets I'm learning (vocabulary, grammar, phrases, etc.), but applied to the Duel Masters sphere of things. I'll add to this mental workspace as I learn more relevant things, so these notes may only make sense to me (my Romaji won't have "u" in "des," or "i" in "-mashta," for example.). As this is basically just a student's notebook, perhaps there will be uncaught errors, but here these gadgets shall go nonetheless. So let's 5! Je2010 13:12, January 21, 2012 (UTC)

Vocabulary || Game-Pertinent, the Numerous Lingo
VERB

aimas ||(~ni/to aimas)|| to see someone (bump into them) / to meet someone (premeditated)

nakushimas || to lose something (you can't find it)

onegai]shimas || [request], to request (please)

sagashimas || to look for, to search

shiai]oshimas || [a game/match/etc.], to play a game, match, etc. shimas || to do soon || soon
 * My Japanese co-worker says my textbook omitted an O after "shiai" so I'm going with his ruling.
 * usu. tack on to a noun to make it a verb, tack "ka" on to that to make it a question.
 * My Japanese co-worker says my textbook omitted an O after "shiai" so I'm going with his ruling.

NON-VERBADJ
~chuu || in the middle of ~, during ~

dochira || which (see also kochira, etc.)

donna || what kind of (see also konna, sonna, anna)

dono || which one (see also kono, sono, ano)

isshoni || together

itsumo || always

jitsuwa || actually

korekara || starting now

koto || (abstract) thing/matter

mata || again

nanika || something (see also konomo, doremo, dokomo, etc.)

nanimo || anything (see also konomo, doremo, dokomo, etc.)

sorede || and so

sorekara || and then

soreni || furthermore

taikai || tournament/convention

totemo || very

tokidoki || sometimes

tokorode || by the way

yoku || often

soon || soon

ADJECTIVE
dai suki (na) || favorite

hayai des || early, fast

takai (na) || expensive

tokubetsu (na) || special

yasui des || cheap

yuumei (na) || famous

soon || soon

Extra-Game Tech
VERB+shou || Let's do VERB
 * EXAMPLE: Direct Invitation to Play at a Given Time
 * "Kengo, ohiruyasumi ni Duel Masters o shiaoshimashou."


 * "Kengo, let's play DM during our lunch break."

VERB+masen ka? || Why don't I/you/we (do) VERB?

NOTES: It's an indirect invitation to do VERB; lit. asking why you don't VERB.
 * EXAMPLE: Indirectly Invite to Play
 * "Kengo, isshoni Duel Masters o shiaoshimas ka?"


 * "Kengo, why don't we play Duel Masters together?"

In-Game Tech
'''A to B, dochira (no hou) ga ~? ''' || Between A and B, which is more ~? '''X no hou ga ~! ''' || X is more ~!

NOTES: Lit. asking, Between A and B, which way do you go?
 * EXAMPLE 1: Better Describe Nouns
 * [A]: "Anata no ao yamafuda ni, Murian to Deepsea Typhoon, dochira no hou ga suki des ka?"


 * [B]: "Watashi wa Deepsea no hou ga suki des."


 * [A]: "Which do you like better in your blue deck, Murian or Deepsea Typhoon?"


 * [B]: "I like Deepsea better."


 * EXAMPLE 2: Better Describe Action
 * [A]: "Watashi no W brekaa to blokka, dochira no hou o tap-shimas ka?"


 * [B]: " Blokka no hou o tap-shimas yo, speed ataka ga kuru kara des."


 * [A]: "Which would you (like to) tap, my double breaker or my blocker?"


 * [B]: "I'll tap the blocker--it's cuz my speed attackers are coming."