The Japanese Boombox term

[boombox_japan]

I made the Japanese Boombox term
It corresponds to the Japanese of the Boombox.

http://docs.com/1DDFX

 

[SLO]

Wow thanks for the chart, this is a great tool to have, 2 thumbs up!

 

[Northerner]

That's brilliant! I definitely crave a Japanese box so when I finally get one this will be so useful! Thanks!

 

[redbenjoe]

Wow thanks for the chart, this is a great tool to have, 2 thumbs up!

 

[frontside5]

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

I have 5 radio's that have the controls marked in Japanese. Copy, Paste & Save!

Thank you!

 

[Sazeus]

Arigato!

 

[Styleking]

That's awesome! Thanks!

 

[AE_Stereo]

Great work. You deserve a Nobel prize of Boombox world.

One day I tried to help another member here looking for Japanese translation on his deck using reverse search with Google Translate.
This one sheet will save hours of research for using JDM boxes.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

When we had the West Coast meet here a few months back one of the members (Matt) was there with his Japanese girlfriend and she was kind enough to translate a Big Ben for us. This is good information right here!

 

[jimmyjimmy19702010]

I just can't believe all the members here can't read Japanese.... Pathetic!!

P.S I can't either

 

[Gluecifer]

Marvellous resource!
But you forgot THUNDER BOX!!



Rock On.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Marvellous resource!
But you forgot THUNDER BOX!!



Rock On.

I have never heard that term before! Now it's my new favorite!

 

[Gluecifer]

Haha, it comes up in the titles of radios on Yahoo.jp very often.



Rock On.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

"Now you will feel the true POWER of my THUNDER BOX"

 

[SpaceLobster]

This will help a lot . Thanks



Peace

 

[mancardo]

Nice!!!....now I want one with Japanese labels

 

[systemaddict]

Now all I need is a jap box

 

[caution]

You really notice how much is borrowed from English. Most of them are English words written out as close as they can phonetically. The simple angular characters, katakana, is an "italics" version of their normal syllabary used in writing. I've forgotten most of what I learned ages ago when I took it in school but I can still read katakana, so usually it's just a matter of sounding it out.

It's interesting that the English pronounciation of Earth is used in Japanese to specifically mean an earth ground connection. It sounds like ass when you say it (they replace the r sound with short a, and th with s). Interestingly, their word for ass uses our word for robber, I guess you're a considered a real jerk there if you steal. The term for "eject" actually has their (well, our) word for "cassette" in it (kasetto haishutsu). They pronounce "meter" with a short e, and "microphone" is just "mic" (pronounced "maiku")

My favorite one isn't on the list: boombox. They took the first part of radio (rah-jee-oh) and the first part of cassette (kah-seh-toh) to make rajikase. Rah-jee-kah-seh. Heh!

 

[SSF]

Very useful translation. It is often necessary when buying a new boombox from Japan. Thank you very much!