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Author Topic: Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)  (Read 1361 times)

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Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)
« on: February 17, 2008, 05:19:48 pm »
I have a tee shirt with a space invaders flyer on it and im thinking of using some of the characters on my cab. I was wondering if anyone can read Japanease and tell me what it says.

This is the tee shirt with the flyer on:



This is a closeup of the characters:



Thanks in advance. 

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Re: Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2008, 08:01:21 pm »
A japanese student told me the top line phonetically translates to space invaders.  the second line : part two.

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Re: Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2008, 09:47:20 pm »


Su-Pe-Su I-N-Ba-Da Pa-To 2
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And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three.

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Re: Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2008, 12:56:21 am »
Su-Pee-Su In-Be-Daa

Paa-to II

AKA "Space Invaders Part II"

And in case anyone is wondering, the romanized 'pee' is pronounced like the english word "pay". Katakana is the only "alphabet" that I can still read. Not bad considering I took a year of Japanese in college over 10 years ago. It actually helps in this hobby since titles are usually in this set of characters. Katakana is also used for words brought into the Japanese language from other languages. For instance the word "button" is written in Katakana on many japanese instruction cards. There is also another set--Hiragana--that's used for normal, traditional written Japanese.
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Re: Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2008, 01:34:21 am »
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There is also another set--Hiragana--that's used for normal, traditional written Japanese.

And don't forget Kanji, which are the more complicated characters derived from Chinese and used for anything else. They're the reason I stopped Japanese after a year  :D Anyway, most Japanese don't use katakana consistently (just look at the signs in some anime movies).
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And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three.

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Re: Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2008, 04:07:17 am »
Thanks guys  :)

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Re: Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2008, 06:13:33 am »
I think I will just use the charecters for 'Space' and 'Invaders' with each word on a seperate line.

Am I correct in thinking this would read

Space
Invaders

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Re: Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2008, 07:34:25 am »
I can have my wife translate it for you in kanji if you like. Looks a lot cooler 8)
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Re: Can anyone read Japanease? (Space Invades flyer)
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2008, 07:56:17 am »
That would be great if you dont mind, thanks!  :)