LLTVG:Assumed knowledge of Japanese

All games assume a knowledge of hiragana and katakana. Very short games might assume no knowledge of Japanese beyond this.

Upper beginner to intermediate

Most games with more than a tiny amount of text will assume you have reached at least the upper beginner stage. The following will usually not be annotated:

• Basic particles such as は, が, を, に, へ, の
• だ/です
• Basic sentence-enders such as よ and か
• The pronouns 私 and あなた
• Past tense conjugation
• Negative conjugation
• Plain vs. polite speech (honorifics and humble forms should still be annotated)
• Conditional forms (食べれば, 食べたら)

Advanced

Games with large amounts of text such as RPGs are considered "advanced". The following will usually not be annotated:

• Desiderative form (食べたい, 食べたがる)
• Causative form (食べさせる)
• Passive form (読まれる)
• Potential form (話せる)
• Volitional form (食べよう)

In addition, readings will not be provided for extremely common kanji such as 見る, 聞く, etc.