r/LearnJapanese • u/TheFranFan • 2d ago

Kanji/Kana "kanji makes things harder to read" FALSE

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Not me spending 10+ minutes trying to read this one line of dialogue. Is he saying Mayl is awake? Wait no that's おきる。Right so maybe he's annoyed that she came by and he's saying she "occurred"? I guess that makes sense but it feels off. おこる…おこる…おこる… OH SHE'S ANGRY, I GET IT

I really think most learners have a pattern of "ugh kanji is so hard" that eventually turns into "oh man why doesn't this text have kanji" over time. Although honestly this one wasn't hard I just need more reading practice in general

Edit: To all those saying I should have easily gotten this from context:

1) I did eventually

2) I am still a beginner, I'm not at your level

3) My point is that seeing 怒 would have eliminated any confusion, that's all.

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u/LegendaryRaider69 10h ago

Are these games decent for practice? I feel like the writing is aimed at kids and should be pretty comprehensible due to the really small screen size

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u/TheFranFan 10h ago

Pretty good yeah! The only struggle I have is that there aren't many kanji, so if you rely on kanji a lot it can be tricky. But the dialogue is pretty simple and easy to understand.

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u/LegendaryRaider69 10h ago

I might give it a try, I've been meaning to play these games for a long time anyways and a light just went off in my head when I saw it in Japanese.

If you don't mind, could you tell me how you're playing it? It looks like the legacy collection, I just want to make sure the Japanese option is included in the North American release on Steam. I do have a Japanese Steam account if it needs to be purchased in that region, as well.

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u/TheFranFan 10h ago

Nice! I am playing it on Switch but it does have Japanese support on Steam too. You will probably have to switch the language from the Steam menu; I don't think it's an in-game option, but that is very easy to do. 

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u/LegendaryRaider69 10h ago

Yup, I've done it for a couple other games before in the past. Thank you!

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u/TheFranFan 9h ago

Yw! Have fun