Help between ho and bo?

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Janet Merai

先輩

10 Mar 2007

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• 29 Jun 2007

• #1

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

Tubthumper

5 Mar 2006

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• 29 Jun 2007

• #2

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

 

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The7thSamurai

Master of the Universe

4 Feb 2005

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• 29 Jun 2007

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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.

 

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Janet Merai

先輩

10 Mar 2007

122

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• 29 Jun 2007

• Thread starter
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Bucko said:

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.

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That's EXACTLY what "I" do XD

And thank you for the suggestions