Japanese (Original) Subtitles for Japanese Dramas

Last edited by rokonoko on Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:05 am; edited 53 times in total

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:31 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added Atsuhime episode 6 subs

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:17 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai episode 4 subs

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added Bara no nai Hanaya episode 5 subs

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

rokonoko: i am disappointed more people have not shown appreciation for your subs. as i see it, there are at least two audiences that can immediately benefit. japanese hearing-impaired individuals, or even older jp people who cannot hear well. AND students studying jp that want to READ and SEE kanji rather than just listen to it.

best of luck in your venture, and thanks for contributing.

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Actually, i think it's pretty Decent of you. As a student of the language, i'm sure they will come in handy.

ありがとうな！

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

btw, i tried opening the japanese subs into subtitle editor programs, but it wont work~~ can this be fixed?? anybody could help me?

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:19 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I think these can be a big help for translating purposes and also for people studying Japanese. Thank you for posting these subs. Big Smile

I looked at the subs for Lost Time Life and they seem to be exact word-for-word subtitles, rather than abbreviated subs. Does that seem to be true for all the subs you're posting?

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:34 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

wow, these are fantastic~ Wub

They're a great help, since my reading skills are so much better than my pathetic listening skills.

Abbreviated subtitles? The description in the individual drama posts imply that these are the Japanese broadcast close-captioned subs and would therefore contain word-for-word dialog, similar to American CCs.

Edit: I've discovered VLC isn't very good with subs, these work great with Media Player Classic and ffdshow. Also, my attempts to add ruby destroyed the time codes, which was the problem. But, then I don't really need the reading for 'haha' that much... Notepad always works as a .srt editor. ^^;

Thank you again~ thumleft

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thanks, have been looking for Japanese subtitles awhile ago. Couldn't find any.

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

This is the first time i came across your thread and i really appreciate your work. As someone learning Japanese, these will come in handy *_* Arigatou :3

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thank you very much for posting these subs. They will come in handy for me too. Wub

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Hey, Thanks a lot!

As a japanese student, I really think this is going to help me practice both listening and reading. Great job! cheers

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

@furransu, Catslaughing
The files are in Unicode 16 bit Little Endian (UTF-16LE) encoding. VobSub renders them just fine (my version is 2.23). If you want to edit them it's better to convert them to SHIFT-JIS encoding. For this purpose I use MadEdit (http://madedit.sourceforge.net).

@Phoenix
As the origin of the subs which I am posting is TV closed captions I wouldn't say they are exact word-for-word subtitles. You see, already in CCs there are sometimes diffierences with the actors words. But they are usually minor and subs are almost word-for-word subtitles. Just check subs for Chiritotechin - I was very impressed by how close subs are to the audio.

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

@ groink
No, and I don't think it is possible. Here is the article which describes my method: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_58171.htm

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added Honey (Hachimitsu) and Clover episode 6 subs

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Once again, rokonoko thank you very much for a major contribution to the subtitle community.
I assume this will be of benefit to many people for both timing (haha take that Chinese timers now we get timing a few days earlier Tongue

J/K tianj

) and translation aspects as well as for the hearing impaired.

Sigh unfortunately I wasn't too successfull with my new fansub-group Google+WW(edits).
LOL that would have been funny/horrible... but google-trans is harder to edit then I expected.

@rokonoko: You mentioned you watched Chiritotechin while testing the subs... Coincidentally that's the show I tried to google-sub!

Oh and thanks for the excellent 1seg tutorial!

@furransu: I assume you have figured out how to edit/view the subtitles already, however,
I had no problem viewing them with Aegisub. However I had to save as .ass not .srt. SubtitleWorkshop did not work for me. Neither did copy/pasting into a asci text file. VobSub worked fine for viewing.

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added Binbo Danshi episode 5 subs
Added Saito-san episode 6 subs

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thanks for these - excellent job.

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Awesome!! I am an intermediate Japanese learner (JLPT 2 level) and I have been looking for these for a while. Please keep it up!

Your subtitles can greatly expedite the subtitle creation process in both timings and translation.

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:12 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Aibou 6 episode 15 subs
Koshonin episode 6 subs
Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi episode 4 subs

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:39 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Included the list of Winter 2008 season dramas for which I am not going to privide subs in the first post of this thread

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:59 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thank you so much for providing these subs - for those learning Japanese like me these are the best! Thanks again Big Smile

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Hmmm now we just need you to find rokonoko an apprentice who can learn to capture the missing series Wub

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:45 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Let me also express my appreciation to you for uploading these subs. These are especially helpful to me because my problem is unusual: my reading skills are improving faster than my listening skills. With these subs I can attach accurate meaning to sound without mentally switching back to English. As you know, Nihon-go has so many homophones (words that sound alike) and I'm still slow in picking the correct meaning from context, sometimes even combining separate words or breaking a single word into two or more. But when the kanji flashes underneath I know instantly what was meant without having to read the entire sentence.

I have just one question. Are you located within the continental US (not Hawaii or Guam)? If so, can you tell me how you capture terrestrial Japanese network broadcasts? I have the receiving equipment (1eliptical, two round and a round spare if necesary). I just need to be pointed at the correct bird. I have been trying to find it for months.

Again, many thanks.

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
4 Shimai Tantei Dan episode 5 subs
Edison no Haha episode 6 subs
Kurama Tengu episode 5 subs

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

if u use subtitle workshop, here is the way to open it, open the file in text, save as ANSI, then choose Shiftjis in subtitle workshop, and it shows up xD

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Chiritotechin week 20 subs
Full Swing episode 5 subs
Lost Time Life episode 3 subs
Mirai Koshi Meguru episode 6 subs

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:44 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Atsuhime episode 7 subs
Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai episode 5 subs

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
This is really great help with my study!!!

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Bara no nai Hanaya episode 6 subs
Binbo Danshi episode 6 subs
Honey and Clover episode 7 subs
Saito-san episode 7 subs

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:28 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Edison no Haha episode 7 subs
Koshonin episode 7 subs

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:09 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
4 Shimai Tantei Dan episode 6 subs
Aibou 6 episode 16 subs
Full Swing episode 6 subs
Kurama Tengu episode 6 subs
Mirai Koshi Meguru episode 7 subs
Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi episode 6 subs

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I think you're doing an excellent job with these Japanese subs, keep it up!

Thanks!

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:18 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

THANKS HEAPS!! salut

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:27 am Post subject: Added: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Bara no nai Hanaya episode 7 subs
Binbo Danshi episode 7 subs
Chiritotechin week 21 subs
Honey (Hachimitsu) and Clover episode 8 subs
Isshun no Kaze ni Nare (SP) episode 1 subs
Lost Time Life episode 4 subs
Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai episode 6 subs

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

managed to find some time to download and try out your japanese subtitles for saito-san...
absolutely excellent and very generous and gracious contribution to the site...
you're providing a major resource for students of the language as well as fansubbers, so i'd like to add my thanks to everyone else's... cheers

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Atsuhime episode 8 subs
Isshun no Kaze ni Nare (SP) episodes 2 and 3 subs
Saito-san episode 8 subs

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
4 Shimai Tantei Dan episode 7 subs
Isshun no Kaze ni Nare (SP) episode 4 (final) subs
Koshonin episode 8 (final) subs
Kurama Tengu episode 7 subs
Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi episode 7 subs

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:56 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Edison no Haha episode 8 subs
Keiji no Genba episode 1 subs
Mirai Koshi Meguru episode 8 subs

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Atsuhime episode 9 subs
Lost Time Life episode 5 subs
Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai episode 7 subs

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:07 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thank you for your hard work !

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:43 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Added:
Bara no nai Hanaya episode 8 subs
Binbo Danshi episode 8 subs
Chiritotechin week 22 subs
Honey (Hachimitsu) and Clover episode 9 subs