Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!/ja-en

This game's text originally used little to no kanji. We have added kanji in case they would be of interest.

Options screen

Japanese

Ｂボタンで　タイトルに　もどるよ

Kanji

Ｂボタンでタイトルに戻るよ。

English

Press the B button to return to the title screen.

Difficulty level

Japanese

ひょうじゅんモード

Kanji

標準モード

English

Normal mode

Japanese

おこさまモード

Kanji

お子様モード

English

Children's mode

Control

Japanese

つかわない

Kanji

使わない

English

Not used

The Japanese verb is in the active voice, but the passive voice seems to be the best translation. However, bear in mind that a literal translation would be something like "you don't use it" or "we won't use it".

Japanese

ジャンプ

English

Jump

Japanese

ドロップキック

English

Drop kick

Japanese

ダッシュ

English

Dash

Sound mode

Japanese

ステレオ

English

Stereo

Japanese

モノラル

English

Monaural

Acme Looniversity

Japanese

やあ！　タイニートゥーンの
せかいへ　ようこそ！！
ボクの　なまえは、
バスターバニー。

Kanji

やあ！　タイニー・トゥーンの世界へようこそ！！　僕の名前はバスター・バニー。

English

Hey! Welcome to the world of Tiny Toons! My name is Buster Bunny.

僕 is written in the game as katakana, but it could just as easily have been hiragana or (if the game used it) kanji.

Japanese

あたし、バブスバニー。

English

I'm Babs Bunny.

あたし is a very feminine version of 私 (わたし). You will find that Babs' mannerisms throughout the game are distinctly feminine.

Japanese

これから　タイニートゥーンの
いろんな　せかいを、　ボクと
いっしょに　ぼうけんしよう！

Kanji

これからタイニー・トゥーンのいろんな世界を、僕と一緒に冒険しよう！

English

Together with me, let's adventure through the various worlds of Tiny Toons!

TODO - clarify role of これから

Japanese

まずは　あたしたちの　がっこう、
ルーニーバーシティーからね。

Kanji

まずはあたしたちの学校、ルーニーバーシティーからね。

English

Starting from our school, the Looniversity.

Japanese

ここには　ゆかいな
なかまたちが　いっぱい。

Kanji

ここには愉快な仲間たちがいっぱい。

English

We have many pleasant friends in this place.

It's tempting to assume that the literal meaning of this is "this place is full of pleasant friends", since いっぱい is used to mean "full of" (as we will soon see). However, "full of [noun]" is [noun]でいっぱい, not が; here it just means "many".

Japanese

いっけない！　じゅぎょうが
はじまっちゃうよ！！

Kanji

いっけない！！　授業が始まっちゃうよ！！

English

Oh no! Class has started!

いっけない = いけない (with the "k" lengthened for emphasis). It is the negative potential form of 行く and is an idiom that indicates that a situation is not permissible or otherwise no good.

始まっちゃう = 始まってしまう = to regrettably start. Buster is expressing dismay that class is starting, since he's late for class!

Japanese

バスター！！
こうしゃのなかは、　にげだした
どうぶつたちで　いっぱいよ！！
きをつけて！

Kanji

バスター！！　校舎の中は、逃げ出した動物たちでいっぱい！！　気を付けて！

English

Buster! The inside of the school building is full of escaped animals! Be careful!

気を付けて is an extremely common idiom. It comes from 気を付ける, to be mindful of something. It is often used as a general farewell even when there's not anything in particular to worry about (compare "Take care!" in English), but since Babs is clearly worried about Buster's safety, "Be careful!" seems more appropriate.

Kitchen crisis

Japanese

たいへんだよ　バスター！！
ディジーが　キッチンで
おおあばれ　してるんだ。

Kanji

大変だよ、バスター！！　ディジーがキッチンで大暴れしてるんだ。

English

It's terrible, Buster! Dizzy is causing great destruction in the kitchen.

してる = している

んだ = のだ. This indicates an explanation.

Japanese

このままじゃ　おひるが　なにも
だへれなく　なっちゃうよ。

Kanji

このままじゃ、お昼が何も食べれなくなっちゃうよ。

English

As it is, it will become so that we can't eat anything for lunch.

More idiomatically: "If it goes on like this, there will be nothing left to eat for lunch!"

じゃ = では (dewa).

食べれない = 食べられない = "cannot eat", the negative potential form of 食べる.

なっちゃう = なってしまう

Japanese

でも　ちからずくで
なんとかなる
あいてじゃ　ないなあ。

Kanji

でも、力ずくで何とかなる相手じゃないなあ。

English

???

Japanese

ディジーは　くいしんぼうだから、
なにか　たべさせてやれば
おちつくと　おもうんだ。

Kanji

ディジーは食いしん坊だから、何か食べさせてやれば、落ち着けと思うんだ。

English

I think that, since Dizzy has a big appetite, if we make him eat something, he will calm down.

TODO - clarify role of やる (やれば).

Japanese

よーし　まかせとけ！！

Kanji

よーし任せとけ！！

English

Well then, leave it to me!

よーし is a lengthened よし, here meaning "well then".

任せとけ is the imperative of 任せとく, in turn from 任せる ("entrust") and とく (???).