Introduction
Hikaru No Go
Menu
ヒカルの碁
This the title of the game in japanese \o/
- 碁・ご go (board game)
Hikaru no Go
名前を入力し、決定ボタンを押してください
Vocab:
- 名前・なまえ name
- 入力・にゅうりょく input; (data) entry; typing
- 決定・けってい decision
- ボタン button
- 押す・おす to push; to click
- ください please
Grammar:
- We have the suru verb 入力する which become 入力し in the radical form
- 押す is in the TE-form and ください is attaced to it, which make a polite request
Please enter your name and click the “Confirm” button.
ストーリー
- ストーリー story; plot
Story
対局記録
- 対局・たいきょく game (of go, shogi, etc.)
- 記録・きろく record; log
Game Records
ゲーム終了
- ゲーム game
- 終了・しゅうりょう end; close; conclusion; termination
Close game
フリー対局
- フリー free
- 対局・たいきょく game (of go, shogi, etc.)
Free Matches
Town
自宅へ
- 自宅・じたく one’s home; one’s house
We have the particle へ that indicate the direction/goal (to; towards; for)
To the Home
ヒカルの家
- 家・いえ house; residence
Hikaru’s House
葉瀬中へ
葉瀬中 is short form of 葉瀬中学校
- 葉瀬中・はせちゅう proper name school in manga (Hase Junior High School)
- 学校・がっこう school
To the Hase Junior High School
駅周辺へ
- 駅・えき railway station; train station
- 周辺・しゅうへん environs; around; in the area of
To the area around the station
Introduction
先生「みなさん、今日は転校生を紹介します。
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 先生 | せんせい | teacher; instructor; master |
| みなさん | everyone; everybody | |
| 今日 | きょう | today; this day |
| は | topic particle (more info) | |
| 転校生 | てんこうせい | transfer student |
| を | object particle (more info) | |
| 紹介 | しょうかい | introduction; presentation |
| します | to do polite (する) |
Grammar:
- There is a する verb at the end, 紹介する mean “to introduce”. Adding する to some noun can transform them into verb. (more info)
- します is the masu form (polite) of する. (more info)
Teacher: “Everyone, today I’d like to introduce our new transfert student.
ニコくんです。みんな仲良くしてあげてくださいね
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| ニコ | player name | |
| くん | Suffix for young boy | |
| です | polite copula (more info) | |
| みんな | all; everyone; everybody | |
| 仲良く | なかよく | on good terms (with); (getting along) well |
| して | TE-form of する | |
| あげて | TE-form of あげる to do for (the sake of someone else) | |
| ください | please (polite request) | |
| ね | informal request particle (will you?; please) (more info) |
Grammar:
- 仲良くして is the TE-form of 仲良くする which mean “to get along with”. (more info)
- あげて is the TE-form of あげる.
- The ください after a TE-form is used to express please (do for me) about the TE-form verb. (more info)
- 仲良くしてあげてください is a chain of TE-form that end with ください. It can mean “please be nice to him”
His name is Nico. Everyone, please be nice to him.
ヒカル「よっ、ニコ。オレ?オレは進藤ヒカル。よろしくな!
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| ヒカル | Hikaru (first name) | |
| よっ | Friendly greeting | |
| ニコ | player name | |
| オレ | me (male term) from 俺・おれ | |
| は | topic particle | |
| 進藤 | シンドウ | Shindo (last name) |
| ヒカル | Hikaru (first name) | |
| よろしく | please treat me well | |
| な | ending particle |
Grammar:
- Here, the ending な particle is masculine version of ね (more info)
Hikaru: “Hey, Nico. Me? I’m Hikaru Shindo. Nice to meet you!”
何かわからないことがあったらなんでも聞いてくれよ。
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 何か | なにか | something; some; any |
| わからない | negative of わかる to understand; to comprehend | |
| こと | thing; matter | |
| が | subject particle (more info) | |
| あったら | Conditional form of ある | |
| なんでも | anything | |
| 聞いて | きいて | TE-form of 聞く to ask; to hear |
| くれ | Short form of くれる to do for one | |
| よ | emphatic sentence-ending particle |
Grammar:
- わからない is the negative non past of わかる (more info)
- あったら is the Conditional form (~たら) of ある, (more info)
- 何かわからないことがあったら means “if there is anything that you don’t understand”
- 聞いて is the TE-form of 聞く
- くれ come from ~てくれる which is to ask a favor, (more info)
- よ is an ending particle adding a friendly, encouraging push (like “alright?” or “okay!”). (more info)
If there’s anything you don’t understand, feel free to ask me anything.
ヒカル「えっ!・・・隣の変なカッコしたヤツは誰かって!?おまえ、見えんのかよ!
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| ヒカル | Hikaru (first name) | |
| えっ | huh? | |
| 隣 | となり | next (to); adjoining; adjacent |
| の | attribute particle (more info) | |
| 変 | へん | strange; odd; peculiar; weird (Na-adjective) |
| な | na adjective particle (more info) | |
| カッコ | appearance; style; dress (格好) | |
| した | past tense of する | |
| ヤツ | fellow; guy (奴) | |
| は | topic marker | |
| 誰 | だれ | who |
| か | question particle (more info) | |
| って | particle quoting that can mean “you said?” (more info) | |
| おまえ | you (familiar) | |
| 見えん | みえん | colloquial and slurred contraction of 見える to be seen; to be visible |
| の | explanation particle (more info) | |
| か | question particle | |
| よ | emphatic sentence-ending particle |
Grammar:
- カッコした is the past tense of カッコする, which mean to dress
- 隣の変なカッコしたヤツ is “The weirdly dressed guy next to me”.
- 誰かって can mean “Are you asking who is … “
- 見えん is propably a contraction of 見える and not 見えない because the sentence doesn’t make sense if it’s the case
- The rule here is that since the る from 見える is just before a の, in spoken japanese it get turned into an ん.
- The proper grammar is 見えるのかよ.
- のかよ can mean “Wait, you actually (verb) ?!”
Eh! …Who’s the guy in the weird clothes next to me, you ask?! You can see him?!
佐為「ヒカル!この人・・・私が見えるのですか!?
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 佐為 | さい | Sai (name) |
| ヒカル | Hikaru | |
| この | this (more info) | |
| 人 | ひと | person |
| 私 | わたし | I; me |
| が | subject particle | |
| 見える | みえる | to be seen; to be visible |
| のですか | explanatory question ending (more info) |
Sai: “Hikaru! This person… can he see me!?”
ヒカル「こいつは佐為。幽霊みたいなモンさ。
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| ヒカル | Hikaru (name) | |
| こいつ | this guy; this person (familiar) | |
| は | topic particle | |
| 佐為 | さい | Sai (name) |
| 幽霊 | ゆうれい | ghost; specter; spectre |
| みたい | -like; sort of; similar to; resembling (な-adjective) | |
| な | na particle to connect adjective | |
| モン | Casual contraction of もの (thing) | |
| さ | Casual ending particle that indicates a matter-of-fact (more info) |
Grammar:
- 幽霊みたいなモン mean “something like a ghost”
Hikaru: “This is Sai. He’s kind of like a ghost.”
でも大丈夫、囲碁が好きってだけで、悪いヤツじゃないんだ。
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| でも | but; however; though | |
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ | safe; secure; that’s alright |
| 囲碁 | いご | go (board game) |
| が | subject particle | |
| 好き | すき | liking; being fond of |
| って | casual quoting particle | |
| だけ | only; just; merely; simply | |
| で | TE-form of copula だ | |
| 悪い | わるい | bad; evil; sinful |
| ヤツ | fellow; guy (奴) | |
| じゃない | casual form from ではない (more info) | |
| んだ | question prrticle explanatory |
Grammar:
- 囲碁が好きってだけで this mean “he just like go” and the で at the end is a TE-form to connect to the next sentence
Hikaru: “But don’t worry, he just loves Go, he’s not a bad guy.”
それにしてもまいったな・・・
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| それにしても | nevertheless; even so | |
| まいった | past tense of 参る, to be at a loss; to be confused | |
| な | ending particle |
Still, this is troubling…
佐為「まいることはありませんよ、ヒカル。
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 佐為 | さい | Sai (name) |
| まいる | 参る, to be at a loss; to be confused | |
| こと | thing; matter; situation | |
| は | topic particle | |
| ありません | polite negative of ある | |
| よ | ending particle | |
| ヒカル | Hikaru (name) |
Grammar:
- here ある is for “to be in the state of being worry”
Sai “It’s not troubling at all, Hikaru.
もしかしたら、この人はヒカルのように、特別な力を持っているのかもしれません。
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| もしかしたら | perhaps; maybe | |
| この | this | |
| 人 | ひと | person |
| は | topic particle | |
| ヒカル | Hikaru (name) | |
| のように | like; similar to; | |
| 特別 | とくべつ | special; particular (na-adjective) |
| な | na particle for adj | |
| 力 | ちから | ability; capacity |
| を | object particle | |
| 持って | もって | TE-form of 持つ, to possess; to have |
| いる | to be; to exist (for animate object) | |
| の | explanatory particle | |
| かもしれません | may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly |
Grammar:
- 持っている is the TE-form with いる and indicate enduring state (more info)
- もしかしたら and かもしれません serve the same purpose in this sentence and make some kind of sandwich
Maybe this person, like Hikaru, has special powers.
ニコ、もちろん囲碁はやりますよね?
| Part | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| ニコ | player name | |
| もちろん | of course; naturally | |
| 囲碁 | いご | go (board game) |
| は | topic marker | |
| やります | polite of やる, to play (more info) | |
| よ | Emphasis Particle | |
| ね | Agreement Seeking Particle |
Nico, you play go, right?
佐為「・・・やったことない↓・・・ですって・・・
ヒカルー、どうしよう?
ヒカル「どーするったって、↓やらないって言うんだから、↓しょーがねーだろ。
オレみたいに、いつも佐為が一緒にいるわけじゃないんだしさ。
でもさ、@NAME@。とっつきにくいところはあるけど、碁はおもしろいんだぜ!
そーだ!↓オレ達と一緒に碁をやろーぜ!↓なっ、キマリッ!
佐為「キマリッ!
ヒカル「とにかく一度、オレの家に遊びに来いよ!