The following list is in no way all-inclusive. I will do my utmost to update this section as the EN server progresses in story and translations become known.
(If I’ve overlooked anything, don’t hesitate to message me about it!)
Night Raven College
Mage Training Academy - “Wizarding Boarding School” (lit., no one uses this term, though)
Thaumarks - Madol (Magic Dollars)
There is no equivalent for “Sorcents” in the original canon, as Madol more closely converts to Japanese yen, whereas Thaumarks seem to reflect United States dollar values. The “cent” of Japanese currency (sen) has been obsolete for decades.
Blastcycles - Magicwheel
Spelldrive - Magift (Magic Shift)
Locations, Countries, and Regions
Queendom of Roses - Rose Kingdom
Shaftlands - Land of Pyroxene (Pyroxene)
Harveston - Village of Harvest
Sunset Savanna - Afterglow Savannah
Island of Woe - Island of Lamentation
Briar Valley - Valley of Thorns
Fleur City - City of Flowers
Event Names
Culinary Crucible - Master Chef
Beanfest - Happy Beans Day
Joint Exams - Unified Exams
The Phantom Bride - Ghost Marriage
Wish Upon A Star - Dance and Wishes
Camp Vargas - Vargas Camp
(A Twisted Halloween) Terror is Trending - (Scary Monsters) Screaming Halloween Show
(A Twisted Halloween) Spectral Soiree - (Scary Monsters) Endless Halloween Night
A Firelit Sky Over the Sands - Scalding Sands's Al'ab Nariya
Harveston's Sledathon - Harveston's Kelkkarotu
Twisted Tsumderland - Welcome to Tsumsted Wonderland
Fairy Gala Remix - Fairy Gala If
Limited Card Names
Apprentice Chef - Chef-in-Training
Suitor Suit - Groom-for-a-Day
Starry Robes - Star-sending Robes
Halloween - Scary Dress
Silk Adorned - Jasmine (Yasmina) Silk
Applepom - Apple Boa
Tsumsitter - Tsumsted
New Year's Attire - New Year's Yukata
Masquerade - Masquerade Dress
Birthday Boy - Birthday Suit-Up
Birthday Jacket - Union Birthday
Birthday Bloom - Bloom (Broom) Birthday
All club outfits - Club Wear
JP Monikers ~ Floyd
(Floyd uses specific suffixes depending on his perceived relationship with individuals–i.e., diminutive/pejorative/etc.)
MC = Shrimp (koebi)
Grim = Seal (azarashi)
Riddle = Goldfish (kingyo)
Ace = Crab (kani)
Deuce = Mackerel (saba)
Trey = Sea Turtle (umigame)
Cater = Sea Bass (hanadai)
Leona = Sea Lion (todo)
Ruggie = Remora (kobanzame) [changed in EN]
Jack = Sea Urchin (uni)
Kalim = Otter (rakko)
Jamil = Sea Snake (umihebi)
Vil = Beta Fish (beta)
Rook = Seagull (umineko)
Epel = Guppy (guppi)
Idia = Firefly Squid (hotaruika)
Ortho = Sea Angel (kurione)
Malleus = Sea Slug (umiushi)
Lilia = Flapjack Octopus (mentako) [changed in EN]
Silver = Jellyfish (kurage)
Sebek = Crocodile (wani)*
Crowley = Manta Ray (manta)
Crewel = Striped Beakfish (ishidai)
Trein = Red Squid (akaika)
Vargas = Lobster (robusutaa)
Sam = Seahorse (umiuma)
Fellow = Foxfish (kitsunebera)
Gidel = Cat Shark (nekozame)
*Leona also refers to him as a “crocodile”
JP Monikers ~ Rook
Rook uses a combination of Japanese, French, and English variously; I have attempted to render the names in the simplest manner possible. (Those with names I cannot find in-game at the time of posting are marked accordingly and will hopefully be updated in the future.)
MC = Trickster
Grim = Monsieur Hirsute (Mister Shaggy)
Riddle = Roi de Roses (King of Roses)
Ace = Monsieur Heart (Mister Heart)
Deuce = Monsieur Spade (Mister Spade)
Trey = Chevalier de Roses (Rose Knight)
Cater = Monsieur Magicam (Mister Magicam)
Leona = Roi de Leon (King of Lions)
Ruggie = Monsieur Tanpopo (Mister Dandelion)
Jack = Monsieur Tough Guy (Mister Tough Guy)
Azul = Roi d’Effort (King of Effort)
Jade = Monsieur Mastermind^ (Mister Mastermind)
Floyd = Monsieur Yukaihan (Mister Joyous Offender)
Kalim = Roi d’Or (King of Gold)
Jamil = Monsieur Multi (Mister Multi)
Vil = Roi de Poison (King of Poison)
Epel = Monsieur Himeringo (Mister Lady Apple)
Idia = Roi de Ta Chambre (King of [Your] Room)
Ortho = Monsieur Doll (Mister Doll), “Miracle Boy”^
Malleus = Roi de Dragon (King of Dragons)
Lilia = Monsieur Curiosity^ (Mister Curiosity)
Silver = Monsieur Sleepyhead^ (Mister Sleepyhead)
Sebek = Monsieur Crocodile^ (Mister Crocodile)
Sam = Monsieur Mysterious (Mister Mysterious)
Rollo = Monsieur du Mouchoir (Mister Handkerchief)
Monikers ~ Other/General
・MC > Malleus ~ Hornton - Tsunotarou
・Malleus > Humans ~ Child of Man (hito no ko)
・Leona > Azul ~ Tako-yarou
・Leona > Idia ~ Kaiware daikon
・Leona > Humans ~ “Herbivore”
>>> Additionally, Leona often tags -yarou onto names when speaking of people he doesn’t think highly of
・Vil > Sebek ~ “Cucumber”
・Sebek > Malleus ~ Young Master (waka-sama)
・Cheka > Leona ~ Unca’ Leona - (Leona-)ojitan
・Neige > Vil ~ Vi-kun
・Vil > a great many students his junior ~ “Potato”
・Crewel > Students ~ “Puppies” (koinu-domo)
・Rollo > Trein ~ “Professor Mozus” (Mozus-sensei)
・Sam > Customers/Students > Little Imp ~ lit. “Little Demon” (ko-oni)
>>> Sam sometimes will add a descriptor to distinguish between “demons”–examples being Kalim’s kin no oni and Rook’s okappa oni
Unique Magic (Signature Spells)
Below is a comprehensive list of romanized furigana (that is, the intended/spoken) readings of Unique Magic names as they appear in the original Japanese version of the game.
Riddle Rosehearts - Off With Your Head
Deuce Spade - Bet the Limit
Cater Diamond - Split Card
Trey Clover - Doodle Suit
Leona Kingscholar - King’s Roar
Jack Howl - Unleash the Beast
Ruggie Bucchi - Laugh With Me
Azul Ashengrotto - It’s A Deal
Jade Leech - Shock The Heart
Floyd Leech - Bind The Heart
Kalim Al-Asim - Oasis Maker
Jamil Viper - Snake Whisper
Vil Schoenheit - Fairest One Of All
Epel Felmier - Sleep Kiss
Rook Hunt - I See You
Idia Shroud - Gate To The Underworld
Malleus Draconia - Fae of Maleficence
Silver - Meet In A Dream
Sebek Zigvolt - Living Bolt
Lilia Vanrouge - Far Cry Cradle
Rollo Flamme - Dark Fire
Fellow Honest - Life is Fun
Other Notes
+ Che’nya’s full name is rendered differently between the EN and JP versions.
Disclaimer: I am not Japanese, I am far from being fluent in Japanese, and I am not very involved in the Japanese TWST fanbase. If you’re good at Japanese PLEASE add on to this or correct me if there are mistakes.
I haven’t seen anything like this around here, so I thought I would try to make a little thing to help people who also aren’t good at Japanese.
Resources
deepL : a translator created by a deep learning ai company. Extremely good (though not perfect of course), dump google translate right now and switch to this to make your life so much better.
jisho : An online dictionary. You can input english, japanese, and romaji japanese. There’s options to input kanji by drawing it or selecting radicals (the parts that make up a kanji) and there’s voice input. Great for translating single words/phrases. You can also use it to figure out the parts of a sentence since it tries to separate out and translate each part, though it’s not 100% reliable.
kanji . sljfaw . org : Another resource for finding kanji. I usually use its multiradical by type option, which separates the radical options into enclosure, left, upper, middle, and less common elements.
hougen . hirosakicity . com : An example of dictionary for Tsugaru dialect, the dialect Epel uses. This doesn’t cover every single Tsugaru dialect word though. When I was trying to understand Epel in the December update I had to use like 3 different dictionaries.
Any search engine : “Meaning” in Japanese is 意味. Put that after whatever word/phrase you need help with and search it, hopefully you’ll find something.
kamigame . jp/ツイステ : Japanese TWST wiki
If you’re learning Japanese like me, I recommend using quizlet or something so you can make a collection of words you’ve had to look up and then test yourself on them occasionally to increase the chances of remembering it.
Finally, if you can’t read hiragana/katakana, please learn it it will probably help you a lot. It’s not scary alright, just read the learning hiragana and katakana guides on tofugu then find a quizlet set and keep testing yourself on them until you’ve got those mnemonics down well. You’ll be slower than a snail at reading it at first but just keep getting practice and it’ll gradually get faster and feel more natural to you.
Ship names
The Japanese spellings for stuff like the character names can all be found on the english wiki, so I’m not putting them all here.
I’ll teach you how to form TWST ship names though, based on my observations. Ship names are generally formed using the first 2 katakana of each person’s name. First 3 if there’s small katakana. If there’s a dash in the way, it’ll stop before it like Deuce (デュース) becoming Deu (デュ), it will delete the dash to keep going like Ace (エース) becoming エス, or leave the dash like Ace becoming エー. Also Jack (ジャック) becomes ジャク. Idk, use common sense to try and reason out what is short yet still identifiable as the character. If you can’t figure it out just search for the character, scroll until you see an obviously shippy image, then check its tags.
Edit: included Ace becoming エー. The shortening that is used depends on the ship.
Anyway, those shortened names are then smashed together with the “seme” going first to form the ship name. If you search a ship and you don’t find much, try switching around the names.
Examples:
Floyd (フロイド) + Riddle (リドル) = FuroRido (フロリド)
Jade (ジェイド) + Silver (シルバー) = JeiShiru (ジェイシル)
You notice something about Floyd and Jade’s names? Yes, they both end in ido (イド). This is why ships involving the two of them with someone else are named things like IdoAzu (イドアズ) and IdoKali (イドカリ). Be careful not to mix up イドアズ with イデアズ, which is Idia and Azul.
A thing to note about names in general in the Japanese fan base is that they often use emojis for characters (ex. Jade is 🐬). Search ツイステの絵文字 in google images and you’ll find multiple guides on what characters are what emoji.
Random Pixiv tags and vocabulary in no particular order:
First half will be canon character x prefect, the canon mc of the game. Second half is the canon x canon ships. People don’t really take reverse shipping that lightly so you should be careful if you want to post because of their different dynamics. (Have to learn this the hard way lol.)
Heartslabyul
リド監 - Riddle/Prefect
エー監 - Ace/Prefect
デュ監 - Deuce/Prefect
ケイ監 - Cater/Prefect
トレ監 - Trey/Prefect
Savanaclaw
レオ監 - Leona/Prefect
ラギ監 - Ruggie/Prefect
ジャク監 - Jack/Prefect
Octavinelle
アズ監 - Azul/Prefect
ジェイ監 - Jade/Prefect
フロ監 - Floyd/Prefect
Scarabia
カリ監 - Kalim/Prefect
ジャミ監 - Jamil/Prefect
Pomefiore
ヴィル監 - Vil/Prefect
ルク監 - Rook/Prefect
エペ監 - Epel/Prefect
Ignihyde
イデ監 - Idia/Prefect
Diasomnia
マレ監 - Malleus/Prefect
リリ監 - Lilia/Prefect
セベ監 - Sebek/Prefect
シル監 - Silver/Prefect
Canon x Canon (I’ve only put the known ones in the EN fandom)
SKINNY DIPPING WITH ACE! he wants you to hold into him as you two swim around in the pool, when in reality, he just wants an excuse to grab at your ass and thighs while he stars to wildly flop around on purpose.
“Is this...Really okay...?” You said as you sheepishly rubbed your thighs together and hugged your arms as way to somehow cover your exposed self on the water. “I-I’ve never done this before...This feels really weird.”
“It’s fine~! It’s fine~! There’s no one else around but us anyway!” Ace said, waving his hand nonchalantly before giving you a teasing smirk. “What~? You’re not regretting your choice of asking me what I want for my birthday now, are you?”
“I-I’m not...I’m the one who asked anyway so...” You said but Ace could see how huge of a blush was painted across your face, it’s adorable actually. His eyes soon wandered down to your plum precious body, it looks so soft and squishy, especially the way your breast would push against each other with the way you were covering yourself. Eventually, you did notice his stare and self-consciously freaked out on the inside. “W-What...? Why are you staring at me all of a sudden...!?”
Ace’s eyes never left your body. “No...It’s just that...” He muttered before looking up at you with the smuggiest smile you’ve ever seen him do. “(Y/N), have you gained weight recently~?”
You blushed even more, eyes widening as you gasped up in shock of what he just said. “Wha-!?” Before you could say anything however, you just found Ace behind you in a blink of an eye. You yelped out as he wrapped his arms around your waist, pulling you close to him and began to pinch your sides.
“See~? You’ve gotten a lot more squishy down here!” Ace laughed as you struggled in the water, squeaking out in response.
“S-Stop that!” You protested, trying to get his hands off you as you look to the other side. “I-I’ve just been eating more than I need, okay? I’ll definitely burn some calories soon so shut up!”
“Yeah~? And when’s that?” Ace hummed in response as he leaned his face closer to your neck, your cold but soft shoulder coming in contact with his heating cheeks. His eyes mischievously glanced down at your breast, seeing how perked your nipples are. “...That’s also probably why you’ve gotten a lot bigger and softer right here too, huh~? What cup size are you rocking on recently~?”
You squeaked as he suddenly gropped your breasts tight. “That’s none of your busi- Eek!?” You interrupted yourself as he begin to pinch your nipples under the water. “A-Ace...!”
There was just something really satisfying at the way the softness of your body was rubbing against his. Gulping down with a smirk, Ace embraced you tighter, pushing his hips against you to make sure that you can feel how hard he had became with just touching you. Luckily for him, he got the results that he wanted, you could really feel him poking against your ass, just eager to get some warmth.
You whimpered as Ace’s hand slowly snaked their way between your legs. “Hey...” He whispered in your ear, hazy and clouded with extremely arousing thoughts. You don’t even need words to know what he was going to say next, you can feel his overwhelming emotions from behind. “...Since it’s my birthday, you think you can do me one more favor?”
You gulped, your toes clenching in response against the tiles of the pool as Ace constantly caressed both your thighs and breast, urging you to accept. “Hey, (Y/N)...” His voice was so hot against your ear, it was making it a lot difficult to focus on things.
“Please~?”
Maybe this is a perfect time to say it but Darlings I’ll have to confess that I’m a SLUT for エー監 (AceKan) basically I ship Ace with Yuu \(//∇//)\ I MEAN he’s literally the only one who can really get away with saying things like wanting to sleep with them and stuff~!
One of Ace’s birthday lines said that he wanted to go to their dorm after the party and that made me explode like AAH- (((o(*゚▽゚*)o)))♡ Although, he also said that he’ll invite the first year squad too so- :(;゙゚'ω゚'):