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Game vocabulary and scene guides
Word lists and line-by-line scene breakdowns pulled from actual game screens, not textbook sentences. Start with a word list or a full scene below, or check how hard your own game is before you dive in. If you want the method rather than the material, start with how to learn Japanese with video games.
Vocabulary & scene guides
JRPG Japanese Vocabulary
35 words grouped by screen — battle, menu, status, dungeon, shop, quest, boss — with furigana, romaji, and JLPT level.
Read Sekiro in Japanese (Ep.1)
The Genichiro–Kuro confrontation, line by line, with word-by-word notes on the grammar.
Read Slay the Spire 2 in Japanese (Ep.2)
The real opening, screen by screen — three verbs and one template that read every card in the game.
Pick a game first
Before diving into a specific game's Japanese, it helps to know how hard it actually is. Check how hard your game is on the game language guides — real JLPT scans of menus and story text, game by game.
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