Help between ho and bo?

[Janet Merai]

I am trying to translate a certain Japanese animated series, and being successful in the translation, but I have a hard time distuinguishing between ho and bo.

Is there some way I can find out between the two rather than selecting parts of the audio and debating whether it ho or bo?

 

[JimmySeal]

What kind of thing did you have in mind? Usually people tell them apart by being well-familiarized with Japanese speech patterns and sentences.

 

[The7thSamurai]

Usually if I can't distinguish the pronunciation of a word I'm unfamiliar with I type it out in as many ways as possible then look them all up in a dictionary and try to determine the meaning based on the context in which it was used.

 

[Janet Merai]

Usually if I can't distinguish the pronunciation of a word I'm unfamiliar with I type it out in as many ways as possible then look them all up in a dictionary and try to determine the meaning based on the context in which it was used.

That's EXACTLY what "I" do XD

And thank you for the suggestions