Bleach Wiki:Translation Corner

The Translation Corner is a place where a group of users can get together and help maintain the wiki by keeping it up to date on the actual translations of the various names, abilities, techniques and etc. found in the Bleach Universe.

Associate Members

 * Adam Restling (Japanese)
 * MarqFJA (Japanese)
 * Lia Schiffer (Spanish)
 * マルセロ - Marcelo (Spanish)

References & Sources

 * Kanji-to-English:
 * Tangorin
 * Mahou Kanji Dictionary
 * Kanji Networks
 * OldNihongo.J-Talk.Com
 * Basic Japanese verbal data: The imperative inflection of Japanese verbs

Zanpakutō (names, release calls, etc.)
I believe the release command for Inaba Kagerouza's Zanpakutou is incorrect - it should be 狂え (kurue), not 狂い (kurui). Firstly, this can clearly be heard when listening to the episode audio. Secondly, the imperative form of the original verb (kuruu) is "kurue", and as far as I know all Shikai commands use imperative forms.Velorien (talk) 11:57, May 6, 2011 (UTC)

Furthermore, could someone tell me what the source is for the kanji for Raiku? It differs from the kanji given by the TVTokyo captions, which are 莱 空 - "Goosefoot" ( a weed the stalk of which has been used to make walking sticks in China since ancient times, linking it to Raiku's cane form) + "Void/Empty".Velorien (talk) 11:57, May 6, 2011 (UTC)

Sayori
Hey, I need the romanization and kanji for Sayori from Episode 173. I also need the romanization and kanji for Sacchi as well (same person - different name). Thanks! TheDevilHand888 (talk) 01:13, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

Episode 314 cast


I managed to isolate the names of the two anime-only characters that debuted in Episode 314, "Haruko" and "Ken", in the cast listing during the end credits, and I leave my results here for the wiki's perusal if it's decided to create character pages for those two. As far as I can tell, Haruko (second from top) is voiced by Mamiko Noto. That said, does anyone know who is the voice actor for Ken (fifth from top)?

Also, the katakana of the second-to-last name (sixth from top) reads as Ikemen. I assume that is supposed to refer to this episode's Hollow, but I can't be 100% sure. MarqFJA (talk) 12:56, April 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Looks like Ken was played by Toshiharu Sakurai, and whoever this "Ikemen" (prob. from the Japanese for "hot guy") was, he was played by Seirō Ogino. Adam Restling (talk) 22:42, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

Nozomi Kujo
We need clarification here, since someone edited Nozomi's page and stuck the supposed kanji on it. The kanji for her name on her page seems to be 九条 望実. I don't know who supplied it, but I just want to make sure it is correct; additionally, we need to double check and see if her name is "Nozomi Kujo" or "Nozomi Kujō/Kujou". If you need to check the episode that revealed her name itself, it was Episode 318. Please get back to me as soon as your are able. Thanks in advance. Arrancar109 (Talk)  05:03, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * The Japanese reads as "Kujō/Kujou Nozomi," so...--Reikson (talk) 05:10, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

Inaba
Someone placed 因幡 影狼佐 as the kanji for Inaba. I removed it due to being placed improperly but before it goes back up. can I get a confirmation on it as being correct?--.

I think you should only add the first two characters, because 因幡 or Inaba stems from 因幡の白兎, which roughly translates to "inabanoshirōsagi" or "Hare of Inaba", referencing the Japanese myth of the same name.


 * Hold up! Was the kanji for Inaba given in the credits? --Reikson (talk) 05:28, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * I have no idea where this comes from. It was placed on the page. That is all I know.--

Either way, we still need the Kanji for Inaba's full name, "Kageroza Inaba", which was revealed in Episode 319, so the episode credits should have him listed. Let me know as soon as you can. Thanks. Arrancar109 (Talk)  17:27, April 26, 2011 (UTC)

If that is so, then the kanji should be "(影狼佐 因幡, Kageroza Inaba)" which I got from Tangorin. It is actually exactly the same as the previous user uploaded, except he/she did it in the opposite fashion. Also, I only put the first two characters because that was all that was revealed of his name at the time. 06:21, April 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'd still like a confirmation from Adam before we put this on the article.--
 * I can confirm that those are the kanji for Kagerouza Inaba's name given by the TVTokyo captions.Velorien (talk) 11:47, May 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * I can confirm that those are the kanji for Kagerouza Inaba's name given by the TVTokyo captions.Velorien (talk) 11:47, May 6, 2011 (UTC)

Hirenkyaku
The kanji for Ishida's Hirenkyaku ability are incorrect - they should be 飛簾脚 rather than 飛廉脚, with the middle kanji having a bamboo radical. Reference: manga chapter 122, p.10.Velorien (talk) 12:08, May 6, 2011 (UTC)

Togabito Names
. Shuren's name can also be spelt as Syuren and Gonjō's can also be spelt as Gunjyo.

Ichimaru-Tsang April 4 2011

Sorry for the trouble, Ichimaru-Tsang! Here's the other image:

Thanks,

Jirachiwish Talk  04:53, April 11, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Jirachiwish.

From Ichimaru-TsangHay Jing Tsang (talk) 12:19, April 12, 2011 (UTC)

Reigai Translation
What is the rough translation of the term "Reigai" as seen in Episode 318. I listed it in the Reigai article as being "Spirit Body", but am not entirely sure if it is correct, as I use Tangorin to translate rough stuff from the anime.

Here is a picture:

Thanks,

03:49, April 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Looks about right... symbols match up and all that... --Reikson (talk) 03:57, April 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, it means roughly "soul body". Strange, though: 骸 gai | mukuro is usually used for "skeleton, corpse", not "body (in general)". It's prob. used here to better express that a Mod Soul's body is artifice, especially since the "soul body" of a Plus, Shinigami or Hollow is referred to as a reitai (霊体), wherein tai is the more usual for "form, body, shape". Adam Restling (talk) 01:02, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * In the same spirit as "gigai," right? --Reikson (talk) 01:52, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Indeed. Adam Restling (talk) 04:47, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

About "Mediumship"...
Was there ever a Japanese term used in BLEACH to describe those who can see ghosts?

'Cuz the closest I ever found was... 霊能者 (reinōsha), roughly translated as "person with spiritual skill." --Reikson (talk) 01:37, January 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * Where did you find 霊能者? Can you give me the ch. and pg. #? Adam Restling (talk) 23:33, February 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Never said I found it anywhere. If there was, I haven't seen it. Reinōsha was the closest word that I could find in a dictionary, that could possibly apply to the article. That's why I was asking. --Reikson (talk) 00:47, February 4, 2011 (UTC)

I know the term has been there since before it was released, but chapter 424 page 7 (as Ichigo, Isshin, Karin & Yuzu leave the house) Ichigo says something about Karin being a high spec medium if that helps. 12:08, February 4, 2011 (UTC)

Ran'Tao - Symbol on Back
What does the symbol on Ran'Tao's back mean please? According to her article it is something to do with her powers being sealed. 11:29, February 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Not sure; it may just be something they made up to look *kewl*, but I'll investigate further. Adam Restling (talk) 12:40, February 23, 2011 (UTC)

Zanketsu
Hi. Can you please give me the kanji from this image and their meanings? WD  Converse  17:20, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

The zan part is 残 "linger, remain; leave behind". Since ketsu (ケツ) is written in katakana, it's hard to know what word was intended, tho it would be funny if it ketsu "ass" XD. I missed that 'sode; maybe the context of its appearance would help me out? Adam Restling (talk) 12:44, February 23, 2011 (UTC)

Am I allowed to answer this as a Japanese? Well if you look at the subtitles above, (↑) it says that the sign means "left-over ass". Well that's correct. the kanji/katakana of the word is 残ケツ if that's what you meant. JapaneseOPfan  :: Talk   14:23, March 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, you're right; but I still would've appreciated somebody giving the context so I could make my own judgment (I hesitate to DL and/or watch myself because I my VLC f**ks up so much, and so does Flash tarry unless it's all you're doing on the Internet), as subtitles have also given us sh** like Koutotsu = "The Cleaner" (it does not ) and "Heaven-Shocking Lunar Fang". Adam Restling (talk) 23:22, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

Adam, if you still want the context, it is during the mod soul training. Renji and Ichigo are forced to place their swords in cases that have these tags on them that make fun of their zanpakuto names.--

Hadou #88

 * Shouldn't it be Hiryūgekizokushintenraihō, not Hiryugekizokushintenraiho, because that is the current title on its page and the Kidou list.
 * Master D (talk) 18:02, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

MASKED Character Book
For some semblance of order, I am putting all masked related stuff in this section. Tinni  (Talk)  05:59, August 22, 2010 (UTC)

Kubo's comments on new characters
I uploaded the two pages from Kubo's interview in which he comments on the new characters. It would be a great if we could get a general gist of what Kubo is saying for their profiles. Thanks. Tinni  (Talk)  17:44, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

The Hell Verse scans
Thanks to Jiraichiwish, there are three scans from The Hell Verse guidebook on my user talk, and I've been pawing like a blind raccoon at attempting to translate--or as close as I can--the passages therein. Rife with strange turns of phrase which boggle the mind of me, an amateur Japanese "tryin' "-slator, these are giving me the expected difficulty; but what I can puzzle out, I'll start putting up here.

If an admin or the like wants to coordinate with Jiraichi to put the images on this page, that's prob. cool.

My notes will be in italics.

Head of the group that targets Ichigo

Togabito - SHUREN

stylized in Nihon-shiki for whatever reason as "SYUREN", like Kubo seems to like to do

C(haracter)V(oice): Tōru Furuya

The man commanding the mysterious group that suddenly appears in Karakura Town, his body enveloped completely in a high-collared mantle, his expression… brimming with self-confidence.

“'''Do you know? That if you wish to save your sister, you’ve no choice but to heed my words…'''”

Movie Check!!

His motive to stalk Ichigo is the fulfillment of his “only desire”. For this, Ichigo’s power is said to be essential, but… what in the world could this desire be!?

With Slim, Average Style

''This section says something like how this "mantle form" is what he wears when he journeys to the Manifest World ("living world"). The next line threw me: something about lacking a conspicuous trait, or so that he lacks one, his mantle form is hard to grasp (???).''

NOTE FROM HELL Thought “to fall to Hell” was repenting your wickedness!?

Then follows another line I failed with; something about "not like being able, here, to speak of wickedness" and, it seems, "Sensei" (Kubo) being jokingly reluctant to speak about his "own" wickedness (???).

KUSHANADA ''The sketch section is filled with lots of variably-legible Kubo handwriting that I've barely attempted yet... and may find insuperable when I do: some words are readable, but many are chicken-sukuracchu XD.''

“Kushanada”, the being(s) that oversee(s)* Hell.

*don't summaries of the movie say there're multiple ''Kushanada? I'm not sure. The rest of the section seems to comment on Kubo's tightly-packed notes and his health, I think (NOTE FROM HEALTH ? XD).''

That's it so far. If someone more fluent in full-out Japanese sentences can remedy any of my phail (XD), I'd appreciate it. Adam Restling (talk) 08:13, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

Romanization of Hollowfication


As you know, the wiki currently translates (虚(ホロウ)化, Horōka) as "Hollowfication," which we have been using as such for various articles across the site. However, as the exert from the MASKED databook to the right shows, Ichigo's act of donning his Hollow mask is referred to as "Hollowize," implying that the process of becoming a Hollow would be more correctly translated as "Hollowization." This would further suggest that the process of becoming an Arrancar would actually be called "Arrancarization/Arrancarize." Now, I know that we have had some problems with the databook's romanizations in the past, but this one is fairly consistent with what we know, as "-ification" and "-ization" can be easily mixed up for one another. Is the databook's romanization correct, or should we just stick with what we already have right now? I only ask as a peremptory measure, since converting all of the "Hollowfy"s and "Hollowfication"s into "Hollowize"s and "Hollowization"s would be another huge undertaking. Mohrpheus  (Talk)  17:53, February 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's weird that  Horou ka by itself is translated "Hollowize", since it refers to process/effect only; translating "Hollowize" as in the verb should be something like  Horou kasuru, with the auxiliary verb suru turning the noun  Horou ka into a verb.


 * But I digress XD. It's up to you guys and the consensus, I suppose, whether you want to change it to "Hollowize : Hollowization"; but the English and some of the romanizations in MASKED are kind of a poor guide anyway: why is it Shuhei Hisagi, but Syunsui Kyoraku or whatever? The letters shu and syu both represent the same sound in Japanese, but belong to different romanization "schemes" (Hepburn and Nippon systems respectively, I think). Why are some long ous written out thus (S ou suke Aizen, T ou shiro Hitsugaya), but some reduced to just o (Kaname T o sen, Toushir o Hitsugaya)?


 * I think on the issue of Hollowfy/ication vs. Hollowize/ation, it's kind of a toss-up, esp. since we only have one of the possible forms, "Hollowize", in MASKED itself. Not to mention that, in his special bonus to vol. 36(? I think it was), Kubo printed Grimmjow's last name as "Jaegerjaque z ", but then changed his mind (back?) to "Jaegerjaque s " for MASKED.


 * What do you other guys think? Adam Restling (talk) 11:46, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Don't the Romanization more or less signify the same thing? I suggest that, other than a mention of the officially-used Romanization in the main article for Hollowfication (and Arrancarfication, if there is any...), we don't change anything. --Reikson (talk) 14:35, February 8, 2011 (UTC)

Kurohitsugi Incantation
I'm going to transcribe the incantation as the anime played it. Can someone else find the appropriate symbols? I tried, but I only got as for as the second line before one particular phrase stumped me.

First line; nijimi dasu kondaku monshō, sonna ru kyōki no utsuwa!

Second line; waki agari hitenshi (I have no idea what word this is supposed to translate as...), shibire matataki, nemuri o sabatage!

Third line; akkō suru tetsu no ōshō, taisū jikai suru doro no ningyō! (this line in particular confounded me, 'cuz the only translations that I could find for akkō and ōshō didn't exactly fit with the accepted translation)

Fourth line; ''ketsubō seyo! hanpatsu yo''!

Fifth line; shinimichi onore no muryoku ōshi e!

Well... I certainly don't envy whoever takes on this task. And to help... the clip where I found the incantation in question. --Reikson (talk) 23:04, February 10, 2011 (UTC)

For reference full incantation and kanji = chapter 418, page 15 18:30, February 11, 2011 (UTC)

滲み出す混濁の紋章　不遜なる狂気の器

湧き上がり・否定し痺れ・瞬き眠りを妨げる

爬行する鉄の王女　絶えず自壊する泥の人形　結合せよ　反発せよ　地に満ち己の無力を知れ!!

Nijimidasu kondaku no monshō　Fusonnaru kyōki no utsuwa

Wakiagari・Hiteishishibire・Matataki nemuri wo samatageru

Hakōsuru tetsu no ōjō　Taezu jikaisuru doro no ningyō　Ketsugōseyo　Hanpatsuseyo　Chi ni michi onore no muryoku wo shire!!

Spreading crest of chaos　Insolent vessel of madness

Seething・Negation numbing・Disturb wavering slumber

Crawling princess of iron　Ever-self-marring doll of mire　Unite　Repel　Become full by earth, know your powerlessness!!

Quick Notes: Nijimidasu is more lit. "start (dasu) blur/spread/ooze (nijimu)". Kondaku "chaos, murk(iness), turbidity" = kon "chaos, turmoil" + daku "mud(dy); obscure, turbid". Jikai is the noun "self-destruction/marring" + suru to make it a verb(al adjective), doro is "mud, mire", and chi ni michi is more lit. "being full by (as in by the agency of) earth". My trans. looks a bit different from Mangastream's/Ju-Ni's/whichever's already on the page, but they seem to mean about the same thing. Adam Restling (talk) 14:35, February 13, 2011 (UTC)

Bleach Volume 49 Poem
Could anyone help me translate this please?

From Ichimaru-TsangHay Jing Tsang (talk) 21:26, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

「君のない世界のスピードに

僕は　ついてゆけるだろうか」

"I wonder if I can keep up

with the speed of a world in which you don't exist"


 * Found a rough Romanization; "kun nonai sekai no supīdo ni bokuha tsuiteyukerudarouka" ... --Reikson (talk) 13:00, April 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Accurate Romanization:
 * "kimi no nai sekai no supiido ni
 * boku wa tsuiteyukeru darouka" Aninerd (talk) 15:31, April 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * boku wa tsuiteyukeru darouka" Aninerd (talk) 15:31, April 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Very nice rendering. Adam Restling (talk) 01:09, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much guys for helping me translate that, now will you help me translate this please? I know that the first words from each line is Hell cause its the same as Chinese words and I'm Chinese but unfortunately, I cannot read the Japanese bits. From Ichimaru-TsangHay Jing Tsang (talk) 19:25, April 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Jigoku ni ochiru ha, sono kokoro


 * Jigoku no arika ha, sono kokoro no uchi


 * To fall to Hell is, the heart


 * Where Hell is found is, within the heart


 * Neat stuff :). Arika is "location, whereabouts"; can also mean "hiding place, haunt, lair". I added the commas in a place similar to theirs in the Japanese but, if they look to funny in English that way, they can prob. be removed. Adam Restling (talk) 11:35, April 26, 2011 (UTC)

Tenken's Special Ability
Someone on Komamura's talk page brought up that Tenken's ability is described as being able to summon any giant limb, even though it has only ever been used to summon arms. Does his page from MASKED mention anything about the ability that could clear this up? Mohrpheus  (Talk)  16:18, April 30, 2011 (UTC)