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Japanese letters have three kinds characters called "hiragana", "katakana" and "kanji." "hiragana" is to "katakana" what "small letter" is to "capital." They are parts of words. Individually they have no sense. They indicate only a sound each. "kanji" has a sense. And "kanji" can be rewritten in to "hiragana" and "katakana."

So we can translate English "white" to Japanese white(translated sounds into katakana.), shiro(translated a sense into kanji.), shiro(rewrote kanji into hiragana.), shiro(rewrote kanji into katakana.) These four versions are all correct and popular. But you need not to be amazed. Also you use "lll" "3" "three" "THREE", don't you?

Then, which this page shows you is the version of official Harry Potter book in Japanese.

[[ BOOK TITLES ]] [[ SOMETHING DARK ]] [[ CHARACTERS ]] [[ SCHOOL ]] [[ QUIDDICH ]] [[ ANIMALS ]] [[ ITEMS ]]

[[ BOOK TITLES ]]

Harry Potter and the philosopher's Stone
PRONOUNCIATION:Harry Potter to kenja no ishi
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
PRONOUNCIATION:Harry Potter to himitsu no heya
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
PRONOUNCIATION:Harry Potter to Azkaban no shyujin
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
PRONOUNCIATION:Harry Potter to hono no Goblet
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Vol.5(undecided)
PRONOUNCIATION:-

books

Of course our books are written vertically.
Japanese edition is the large-size hard cover only. Heavy and a bit expensive for children. Especially, the "Goblet of Fire" was divided into the first and second volumes but wasn't allowed to sell separately.		 Vol.4 Vol.3 Vol.2 Vol.1

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[[ SOMETHING DARK ]]

You-know-who
You-know-who
PRONOUNCIATION:rei no ano hito
He-who-must-not-be-named
He-who-must-not-be-named
PRONOUNCIATION:namae wo ittewa ikenai ano hito
Dark Lord
Dark Lord
PRONOUNCIATION:yami no teio
Death Eater
Death Eater
PRONOUNCIATION:sikui bito
Dementor
Dementor
Dark Mark
Dark Mark
PRONOUNCIATION:yami no sirusi
perseltongue
perseltongue
pure blood
pure blood
PRONOUNCIATION:junketsu
snake, serpent
snake
PRONOUNCIATION:hebi
skull
skull
PRONOUNCIATION:dokuro
Basilisk
Basilisk
Unforgivable curse
Unforgivable curse
PRONOUNCIATION:yurusarezaru jumon
Serpensortia!
Serpensortia
PRONOUNCIATION:Serpensortia! hebi ideyo!
Morsmordre!
Morsmordre
Imperius curse
Imperius curse
Imperio!
Imperio
PRONOUNCIATION:Imperio! hukuju seyo!
Cruciatus curse
Cruciatus curse
PRONOUNCIATION:haritsuke no jumon
Crucio!
Crucio
PRONOUNCIATION:Crucio! Kurushime!
Avada Kedavra!
Avada Kedavra

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[[ CHARACTERS ]]

Salazar Slytherin
Voldemort
Tom Riddle
Severus Snape
Draco Malfoy
Albus Dumbledore
Minerva McGonagal
Harry Potter
Ron Weasley
Hermione Granger
Rubeus Hagrid

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[[ SCHOOL ]]

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

PRONOUNCIATION:Hogwarts maho gakko
Slytherin
Gryffindor
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw

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[[ QUIDDICH ]]

Quiddich
Snitch,Quaffle,Bludger
Seeker,Chaser,Beater,keeper

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[[ ANIMALS ]]

Nagini
 Scabbers
Hedwig
 Fawkes
Crookshanks
 Trevor
Mrs. Norris
 Fang

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[[ ITEMS ]]

Bloomstick

PRONOUNCIATION:hoki		 Quill

PRONOUNCIATION:hane pen
means "feather-pen"
Parchment

PRONOUNCIATION:yohishi
means "sheep-skin-paper"		 Wand

PRONOUNCIATION:tsue
Cauldron

PRONOUNCIATION:nabe

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