Kickle Cubicle (Arcade)/ja-en

This translation is intended for people who already know English and are learning Japanese. It is not intended to be used to learn English, because the sentences in English may use strange or awkward wording in order to illustrate the vocabulary and grammar of the original Japanese.

Game title

Japanese

迷宮島

English

Mystery Island

島 on its own is read しま, but in compound words, including names, it sometimes becomes じま. This is the same 島 as in 広島 and 硫黄島, though the locals always read the latter as いおうとう rather than いおうじま (you might recognize that more readily as "Iwo Jima").

Round select

Japanese

ラウンドセレクトする？

• する
• しない

English

Select round?

• Do it
• Don't do it

Japanese

レバーで選んでボタンを押してね！

English

Choose with the joystick and press the button!

Intro

Japanese

困ったことになってしもうた

English

This has turned into a troubling situation.

This man speaks in Kansai-ben (although he doesn't use it consistently). We'll have to deal with him for the rest of the game, so hang tight. ;)

Japanese

魔者達に夢袋[bag]を奪い取られてしまったのじゃ

English

TODO — Missing text

(Here, [bag] represents a bag icon.)

Here he uses しもった instead of しもうた. See, he's already inconsistent!

Japanese

人々の夢をかなえようと大神様からもい受けた直後のことじゃ

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

キックルや

すべての[bag]を取り戻すのじゃ

English

It's you, Kickle. Get back all of the bags.

After level 10

Japanese

待っておったぞ

キックルや
ひとつ仙人むすびでもどうじゃ

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

なーんて思っておったのじゃが

わしが食べてしもうた
悪かったのう

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

空腹にたえるのも修行のうちじゃて

ホッホッホッ

English

TODO — Missing text

After level 20

Japanese

ごくろう　じゃったたのう

少し休んで　いったらどうじゃ

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

・・・・・・

English

......

Japanese

そうか・・・もう行くのか

気をつけて行くのじゃぞ

English

TODO — Missing text

After level 30

Japanese

おお

キックルや

よく　やったのう！

English

Oh, it's you Kickle. You're doing well!

Japanese

わしは　心配で　心配で　夜も眠れなかったのじゃぞ・・・

English

I couldn't sleep at night because I worried so much...

Japanese

あともう少しじゃ

ガンバルのじゃ

キックル

English

There's just a little further to go. Do your best, Kickle.

Ending

Japanese

あっぱれ

あっぱれ
やりおったわ

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

仙人音頭の中

仙人様は　大喜びであったのじゃ

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

そして　この地に　夢があふれ

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

喜びの宴は　一晩中　続いたそうな

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

それからは　あの魔者達も　すっかり心を　いれかえて

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

人々と　力を合わせ　幸わせに暮したというはなしじゃ

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

そして・・・

English

And so...

Japanese

いつまでも　夢は　絶えることが　なかったんじゃと

English

TODO — Missing text

Victory

Japanese

やった～！

English

Hooray!

Your character speaks this when you complete a level.

Continue?

Japanese

こんてぃにゅーできるよ！

English

You can continue!

There is no apparent reason why コンティニュー is written in hiragana.