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One of the labels in Japanese in Newton Scamander's suitcase
Japanese is a language spoken by 130 million people in Japan and Japanese emigrant communities around the world.[1]
History
Newton Scamander carried at least two items in his suitcase that were labelled in Japanese.[2]
Performing in Paris, France in 1927, Circus Arcanus had posters of one of its attractions, oni. The poster was understandably mostly written in French, but contained an addition of a single Japanese character, the word for oni in Japanese.[3]
In the 1989–1990 school year, Jacob's sibling and Talbott Winger found a letter in the Owlery the latter guessed to be in Japanese or Chinese.[4]
An ad for a Magic Translator's services in The Quibbler
An advertisement for a Magic Translator's services that appeared in the classified section of an issue of The Quibbler listed several languages available for translation, including Chinese, "Eastern European" (presumably Russian or another language in the Slavic family), Japanese, and the Latin languages (French, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).[5]
External links
Appearances
- Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey (Mentioned in magazine ad)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film) (Appears on product labels)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Appears on a poster)
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Appeared in trailer)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑
Japanese language on Wikipedia
- ↑ (see this image and this image)
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (see this image)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 16 (The Wizard in White)
- ↑ Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey, p. 511 (see this image)
