{"id":15697,"date":"2022-09-14T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T07:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=15697"},"modified":"2023-02-09T15:15:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T06:15:05","slug":"20220914-15697","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220914-15697\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelda fans debate how to abbreviate The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in Japanese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Nintendo finally revealed the title of the upcoming <em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em> sequel in their latest Nintendo Direct on September 13. The game will be called <em><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/strong><\/em> and it is scheduled to release on May 12, 2023. While excellent news, players in Japan have been left with a dilemma. How are they going to abbreviate the title in Japanese?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom \u2013 Official Trailer #1\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2SNF4M_v7wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japanese, it\u2019s common to abbreviate long titles by pairing two beats of two together (each beat being a consonant + a short vowel sound or just a short vowel sound). Take \u30c9\u30e9\u30b4\u30f3\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8 (<em>Dragon Quest<\/em>) for example. Those Japanese characters written in the English alphabet would look like Doragon Kuesuto, and fans have shortened this to \u30c9\u30e9\u30af\u30a8 or \u201cdo ra ku e.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em>\u2019s subtitle (written in Japanese as Buresu obu za Wairudo) is often shortened to \u201cbu re wa i.\u201d If you apply this same logic to <em>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/em> (Tiaazu obu za Kingudamu), you get \u201cti a ki n.\u201d However, it looks like many Zelda fans aren\u2019t so keen on that abbreviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of these players is Peco who is known for their stylish <em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em> gameplay videos. Fearing that \u201cti a ki n\u201d might stick, they\u2019ve been posting other suggestions to social media such as \u201cti a a zu,\u201d \u201cti a da mu,\u201d \u201ckin gu da mu,\u201d and \u201ckin da mu.\u201d They even threw out the idea of just saying the subtitle really fast instead of abbreviating it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30c0\u30e0\u304c\u4e00\u756a\u7121\u96e3\u306a\u6c17\u304c\u3059\u308b\u306a<br>\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30ad\u30f3\u3088\u308a\u306f\u7d76\u5bfe\u3044\u3044<\/p>&mdash; Peco (@Switch_movie_SS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Switch_movie_SS\/status\/1569812903435579394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>&#8220;ti a da mu&#8221; feels like the safest choice. Definitely better than &#8220;ti a kin.&#8221;<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u7565\u3055\u3093\u3068\uff83\uff68\uff71\uff7d\uff9e\uff75\uff8c\uff9e\uff77\uff9d\uff78\uff9e\uff80\uff9e\uff91\uff08\u65e9\u53e3\uff09\u304c\u6b63\u89e3<\/p>&mdash; Peco (@Switch_movie_SS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Switch_movie_SS\/status\/1569814299232849921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>The correct answer is \u2018ti a zu obu kin gu da mu (spoken quickly)\u2019 without abbreviating.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>But Peco isn\u2019t the only person trying to resist \u201cti a kin.\u201d Some are worried that the abbreviation sounds too similar to the popular Japanese YouTuber Hikakin. When searching on Twitter, you can even see tweets saying, \u201c\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30ad\u30f3TV (ti a kin TV),\u201d a clever bit of wordplay that sounds like Hikakin TV, the name of Hikakin\u2019s YouTube channel. And with some thinking it simply doesn\u2019t sound Zelda-like, there are a variety of reasons some gamers are resisting \u201cti a kin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It definitely has the same kind of ring to as Hikakin or Anakin, who have no connection to <em>The Legend of Zelda<\/em>, so at this point maybe it\u2019s only natural that it seems out of place.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"292\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220914-218904-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220914-218904-001.jpg 376w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220914-218904-001-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220914-218904-001-300x233.jpg 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>With that said, there doesn\u2019t seem to be other viable candidates. Some are even saying shortening <em>Tears of the Kingdom<\/em> to \u201cTotK\u201d makes it seem like TikTok. Right now, \u201cti a kin\u201d is like that guy nobody wants to win the election but who is running unopposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe when the game finally comes out and everyone starts playing, we\u2019ll see \u201cti a kin\u201d become the accepted abbreviation in Japanese. But for now, the debate rages on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video games often have codenames when in development, so it would be interesting to hear what they\u2019ve been calling <em>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/em> during the development process. In the end, people are free to call it whatever they want. There isn\u2019t a right or wrong answer. But at least we have this debate to amuse ourselves until the game comes out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/em> is coming to the Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2023.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220914-218904\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-09-14 12:13<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelda fans in Japan debate how they\u2019re going to abbreviate The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, a sequel to The Legends of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. 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