Here we are! The first in a series of vocabulary posts using words and phrases from Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp! I’m starting off with a post of the most basic stuff, but I’ll be adding a few more including translations of the timed / stretch goals, interacting with villagers, some of the crafting vocab, etc. Please let me know if there’s anything you want to see translated from the game that I don’t seem to be including!

NOTE: A lot of the object / place naming in this game uses onomatopoeia, or words that can’t be easily translated directly to another English word, so I’ve done my best to include both an exact translation and what the intent is, especially with the location names. I’ve also included the way they were named in the English version of the app to help people who have swapped from one to the other.

Basics 

 フレンド = Friends いいね！ = Kudos バザー = Bazaar / Market Box もちもの = Personal Property / Items マップ = Map どうぶつ = Animals / Contacts メニュー = Menu / Mor おしらせ = Notifications しずえチャレンジ = Shizue Challenge / Isabelle Challenge / Goals 宅配ポスト (たくはいポスト) = Post Delivery / Mailbox ローン = Loan ずかん = Illustrated Reference Book / Field Guide / Catalog リーフチケット = Leaf Ticket マイニンテンドー = My Nintendo 構成 (こうせい) = Configuration / Settings その他の (そのほかの) = Other / Miscellaneous とじる = Close 出発 ( しゅっぱつ) = Departure / Let’s Go!

Locations

キャンプ場  (きゃんぷば) = Campsite OK モータース = OK Motors ナミナミ川  (なみなみかわ）= Nami Nami River / Lost Lure Creek (lit. *wave wave* river) ワサワサの森 (わさわさのもり) = Wasa Wasa Forest / Breezy Hollow (lit. *rustle rsutle* Forest) しおかぜビーチ = Salty Sea Breeze Beach / Saltwater Shores ポッカリ島 (ぽっかりしま) = Pokkari Island / Sunburst Island (lit. floating/lightly Island) こもれび広場 (こもれびひろば) = Komorebi Plaza / Market Place (lit. ‘sunlight filtering through trees’ Plaza) ゴロゴロ 鉱山 （ごろごろこうざん) = Gorogoro Mine / Shovelstrike Quarry (lit. *rumble rumble* Mine)

Fruit, Fish, Bugs and Shells

ヤシのみ = Coconut ナシ = Pear リンゴ = Apple オレンジ  = Orange モモ = Peach さくらんぼ = Cherry

オイカワ= Pale Chub フナ = Crucian Carp ニシキゴイ= Koi イェローパーチ= Yellow Perch ブラックバス = Black Bass ニジマス= Rainbow Trout フグ = Blowfish アジ = Horse Mackerel タイ = Red Snapper ヒラメ = Olive Flounder イカ = Squid チョウチナンコウ = Football Fish マグロ = Tuna

アゲハチョウ = Swallowtail Butterfly / Tiger Butterfly オオカバマダラ = Monarch Butterfly (you... would not believe what google comes up with when you try to translate this) モルフォチョウ = Morpho Butterfly / Emperor Butterfly コガネムシ = Fruit Beetle タマムシ = Jewel Beetle ミアマクワガタ = Miyama Stag カブトムシ = Horned Dynastid

12.10.17 // 32/100 days of productivity

I got a few of the White Lines Paper notebooks and I’m in love  (｡♥‿♥｡) the app for scanning in your notes works so well!

10.10.17 // 30/100 days of productivity // languages

the photo is extremely average because it’s nighttime, but I’m going over some JLPT N5 stuff! The going is slow, but I’m seeing progress, which is encouraging! I also got so much progress done on my embroidery today, but I’m probably not gonna post another update on it until it’s done c:

16.09.17 // 6/100 days of productivity

sci.lang.japan FAQ

A really handy site with a huge amount of pages answering all manner of Japanese language questions. Some I’ve used (and some interesting ones) include:

What are Kanji Radicals?

List of Kanji by Elementary School Grade

Verbs

What Japanese Verbs are Irregular?

How Does the ‘Te’ Form Work?

How do Japanese Verbs Conjugate?

Particles

What is the difference between kai and ka particles for questions?

What is an ‘i’ Adjective?

Word Origins

Where did the Japanese get Their Names for the Weekdays?

Japanese and English

How do I Write an English Word in Japanese?

Pronunciation

What is Japanese Pitch Accent?

Slang and Colloquiallisms

Names

How do I Write my Name in Japanese?

Examinations

BJT Business Japanese Test

Numbers, Counting and Dates

Computers

How is Japanese Input on a Computer?

Miscellaneous

How Does the Japanese Address System Work?

1. “Otabek“ is actually an Uzbek name.

It can be translated as “The Father of all Dukes“or “The Greatest Duke”. In middleage it was also a title for all the heirs coming from a certain lineage of Taimur.

Therefore Otabek can easily be an Uzbek and not Kazakh.

2. There are three types of Kazakh surnames:

-Russian stylized, ending in “-ov“ “-ev“, i.e. “Otabek Altinov”

originally Kazakhs didn’t have family names. Family names are for losers, they thought, and went with either one’s social status (i.e. occupation) or one’s entire lineage instead. Russian stylized family names came in late XIX century, and became obligatory during Soviet times. If Otabek would be Altinov, it’d mean that his great great great grandfather was named Altin.

-plain names “Otabek Altin“

If Otabek’s family name is a plain name like “Altin“, it is most probably his grandfather’s name.

These names first became popular in 2000′s and at the moment are the most common among new generations. You can also take your great grandfather’s name (gotta have documented proof on that) as your family name or even your farthers name, but normally that one would be included as a patronymic name:

Altin Otabek N-uly

meaning: Otabek, son of N, grandson of Altin.

-ending in “uly“ (son of)/”qyzy” (daughter of), i.e “Otabek Altin-uly“

that’s your father’s name clearly stated as your father’s name.

Otabek Altin-uly - Otabek, son of Altin. There, all set. Patronymic name is omitted in this case.

3. Short form of “Otabek“ as well as many other names ending in “bek“ is “Beka“.

Beka has a double stress and is pronounced as [’be’kah]

It is very very weird to shorten the name to “Ota“. Not saying you can’t, since there are no rules to nicknames as in with Russian names, but it’s really weird.

4. Name “Otabek Altin” might be inspired by a female volleyball player Sabina Altynbekova.

Sabina caught media's attention in 2014 after participating in 17th Asian Women U19 Volleyball Championship in Taipei. Her eyecatching looks went viral all over China's, Japan's and other Asian media and Internet, gaining her more than 300 000 followers on Instagram in one day. On the waves of her sudden popularity she paricipated in several ad campaign and also went for an internship to one of Japan's volleyball clubs.

She's still an active volleyball player and a member of Kazakhstan Women's National Volleyball Team.

5. Altin means "gold" in Kazakh.

It is also one of affectionate terms that mothers use for their children: "altinim" - "my gold", "my treasure".