Mostly, there's no reason not to buy a Japanese Origami book just because you don't know any Japanese. It's usually possible to follow the diagrams without understanding the text. However, every once in a while, it's still useful to be able to understand a few Japanese characters that often show up in Origami books.
(If you're not seeing the Japanese characters, try this version of this page and read this!)
折り紙 |
Origami |
| 折り目 | fold, crease |
| 折り方 | how to fold |
|
内側 |
inside |
| 外側 | outside |
| 反対側 | back (side) |
| 箱 | box |
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ふた |
lid |
| 角 | corner |
| 大 | big |
| 中 | medium, middle |
| 小 | small |
| 上 | top |
| 下 | bottom |
| 右 | right (-hand side) |
| 左 | left (-hand side) |
| 同じ | the same |
| 山 | mountain (as in mountain fold) |
| 谷 | valley (as in valley fold) |
| 中心 | center |
| ひらく | unfold |
| ぺージ | page |
| 立体 | 3D solid |
Names:
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布施知子 |
FUSE Tomoko |
| 神谷哲史 | KAMIYA Satoshi |
| 川畑文昭 | KAWAHATA Fumiaki |
| 小松英夫 | KOMATSU Hideo |
| 前川淳 | MAEKAWA Jun |
| 西川誠司 | NISHIKAWA Seiji |
| 高井弘明 | TAKAI Hiroaki |
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Note: In Japanese names, the family name comes first, the given name second. In order to avoid confusion, all Japanese family names on this site are in CAPITALS. |
Numbers:
| 一 | one |
| 二 | two |
| 三 | three |
| 四 | four |
| 五 | five |
| 六 | six |
| 七 | seven |
| 八 | eight |
| 九 | nine |
| 十 | ten |
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Note: A number before 十 (ten) means ten times that number. E.g. 五十, 50. |
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Last change to this page: 15-Jun-03 18:30