Gaming in Japanese – Doraemon: Story of Seasons Demo

Doraemon: Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari (ドラえもん のび太の牧場物語) – try saying that super fast ten times is known as Doraemon Story of Seasons in English. I downloaded the demo from the Japanese Nintendo eShop to… practice Japanese! Doraemon is a bonafide celebrity in Japan (or is he a slave?) – and many products targeting kids feature the cat from the future. Sticking with my philosophy of trying to learn Japanese like the Japanese do I decided to check out the demo for this game and I am glad I did.

Doraemon: Story of Seasons

Farming Simulator

I have already bought the full game (just before publishing this post) and this purchase was more than an impulse buy turn Japanese learning tool like Sumikko Gurashi – School Life Begins (no regrets!). Where the Sumikko Gurashi game is all about school and thus teaches related vocabulary, Doraemon Story of Seasons is all about farming. If you have ever played a Harvest Moon game or clones like Stardew Valley and My Time at Portia then the gameplay is very similar.

Doraemon: Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari (ドラえもん のび太の牧場物語)

Doraemon: Story of Seasons in Japanese

Download the demo on the Japan Nintendo eShop or anywhere else it is available and get it a try. Tweet me @Jamaipanese or leave a comment below if you try it and like it or need help setting up an account on the Japanese Nintendo store. This might be one of the games I stream in the future so be sure you are subscribed to my Youtube Channel and follow me on Twitter for updates.

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Doraemon: Story of Seasons

Behold my expanded farming vocabulary

Some of the words I have made note of while playing the trial version can be found below. I can’t wait to “impress” people with my new farming vocabulary because my samurai vocabulary learned from playing Sekiro has not come in handy.

体験版, たいけんばん, demo version (of software), trial version
物語, ものがたり, tale, story, legend
牧場, ぼくじょう, farm (livestock), ranch (US), station (Aus, NZ)
耕す, たがやす, to till, to plow, to plough, to cultivate
季節, きせつ, season, time of year
作物, さくもつ, produce (e.g. agricultural), crops
植える, うえる, to plant, to grow, to raise, , to insert, to transplant, to implant
枯れる, かれる, to wither (of a plant), to be blasted, to die
育てる, そだてる, to raise, to rear, to bring up
所, ところ, place, spot, scene, site
掘り起こす, ほりおこす, to dig up, to unearth, to uncover
畑, はたけ, field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.), cultivated land
畝, うね, ridge (in field), row of raised earth when planting crops
種, たね, seed (e.g. of a plant), ingredient
渡す, わたす, to ferry across (e.g. a river), to carry across, to traverse
部分, ぶぶん, portion, section, part
茶色い, ちゃいろい, light brown, tawny
その通り, そのとおり, just like that, quite so, I agree
次, つぎ, next, following, subsequent, , stage, station
種蒔き, たねまき, sowing seeds, planting seeds, scattering seeds
蕪, かぶ, カブ, turnip
キャベツ, キャベジ, cabbage
注意, ちゅうい, caution, being careful
状態, じょうたい, state, condition, situation, appearance, circumstances
当たり前, あたりまえ, natural, reasonable, obvious
数日, すうじつ, few days
肥料, ひりょう, manure, fertilizer, fertiliser
雑貨屋, ざっかや, general store
余る, あまる, to remain, to be left over, to be in excess, to be too many
お仕舞い, おしまい, the end, closing, being done for
生える, はえる, to grow, to spring up, to sprout, , to cut (teeth)
雑草, ざっそう, weed
整備士, せいびし, mechanic
道具, どうぐ, tool, implement, instrument, utensil, apparatus, device,
斧, おの, axe, hatchet
如雨露, じょうろ, 如露, じょろ, ジョウロ, watering can, watering pot
ハンマー, hammer
平ら, たいら, flat, level, even, smooth
収穫, しゅうかく, harvest, crop, ingathering
売る, うる, to sell
出荷, しゅっか, shipping, shipment, forwarding
収納箱, しゅうのうばこ, storage box, chest
安心, あんしん, relief, peace of mind
スロット, slot, , slot machine
変わる, かわる, to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary

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*some of these words have other meanings depending on use but I focused on the words related to farming since this is a farming simulator. I used the Takoboto Japanese Dictionary to look up these words as featured in my post about the 7 tools I used to pass the JLPT N5.

Doraemon: Story of Seasons