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監獄（かんごく）＝ Prison

Welcome to the forum, I wish I had more time reading VNs (well I'm compensating on vacations). Good to see one more member (me included) reading newer VNs in Japanese, I took the freedom to look at your vndb.

占い（うらない）＝ fortune telling

狸（たぬき）＝ Japanese racoon dog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675kVaVCcN4 One example

Hablo un poco español porque he estudiado español durante seis años. Pero porque no he utilizado español desde hace unos años, entiendo más que lo que puedo expresar.

美しさ（うつくしさ）＝ beauty

I don't think I'd call any anime that isn't hentai as ero-anime, no question. But there are animes that are considered ecchi and that doesn't include all romance titles. If you can put that distinction based on content into visual novels you get my distinction between a visual novel that are also eroge, and a visual novel that isn't. These titles that are both visual novels and eroge, I usually refer as visual novels, but I won't exclude them from eroges, because I measure them in different ways. For me what makes a visual novel a visual novel is not the content, but the medium, story (in NVL or text box) with choices. What makes an eroge is the content.

Well, who says a eroge needs ero content, I guess this goes under "at least sexual appeal." with some margin.

Well from what I've seen of them, you seem to be correct. Dream C Club seem to be VN, dating Sim AND eroge. After my definitions.

　Yay, banzai for Higurashi! 嫉妬（しっと）＝　jealousy / envy

Warmly welcome to the forum! A fan translator is like a hero here (at least for me), because they make the biggest contribution to spread our beloved VNs. I know how hard it is to translate from Japanese.

I instinctively make these definitions: Visual novel: Story game with illustrations either in NVL or textbox style. Eroge: Game with focus on erotic content or at least sexual appeal. Dating sim: A game where you boast your stats to get the reward, a girl/boy. So an eroge is a quite wide definition incorporating most VN and dating sims. I don't know of a VN that'd also count as a dating sim, and I don't know of a dating sim that's also not an eroge.

来月（らいげつ）＝　next month

噂（うわさ）＝　rumor

寝不足（ねぶそく）＝　lack of sleep

病気（びょうき）＝　illness

田（た）＝　rice field

和菓子（わがし）＝　Japanese cake

真っ赤（まっか）＝　bright red

楽（らく）＝　confort

地下鉄（ちかてつ）＝ tube/metro or what ever you call it

道（どう）perfecture

国（くに）country

Welcome to the forums, we have some things in common, I'm in to VNs and study Japanese also. It's a good combination. Enough of me, what VN do you consider the best you have read up to this date?

ミイラ mummy (yes spelled in katakana because it's a old Portuguese loan-word)