Japanese vocabulary from Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenoblade Chronicles allows you to play in English, with the original Japanese audio - perfect for some casual Japanese listening practice. The characters in this game talk almost non-stop and there's a mix of captioned cut scenes and uncaptioned small talk.
I have been learning Japanese for a few months now - I've learnt hiragana, katakana, about 200 kanji and have a decent starter vocabulary, but my understanding of conjugations and grammar is very limited for now.
This is the Japanese I learned to recognise from my first play-through of Xenoblade (on the Switch). I'd like to play it again in a couple of years and see how much more I can work out.
Now, to find some more games with Japanese audio to play...
わかった - understood (past tense conjugation of わかる)
わかってる - I know (te form of わかる + helper)
わからない - I don't understand (negative present conjugation of わかる)
がんばれ - try your best (command conjugation of がんばる)
やった - I did it! (past tense of やる)
まかせて - trust me / leave it to me (te form)
これ は これ は - this this (well well)
やばい - cool!/terrible!/crazy!
かっこいい - cool/attractive/handsome
やすみましょう - invitation to rest (conjugation of やすむ)
よし - okay. Pronounced as "yosh" a lot
よっこらせ - expression of effort
Karla: Yosh. Yaru aiyo. よし やる あいよ. Okay, do okay. ?
Shulk: ganji ganji ganji. Can't seem to find this in a dictionary, but it sounds positive. Maybe "cool cool cool"?
