How to Say "Call of Duty" in Japanese

コールオブデューティ

Kōru obu Dyūti

コールオブデューティ (Kōru obu Dyūti) is the Japanese way to say the name of the popular first-person shooter video game series, Call of Duty.

Because it is a proper noun (a video game title), it is almost exclusively written in Katakana rather than being translated into Japanese words.

How do you pronounce it?

Kōru obu Dyūti

While コール in this phrase comes from 'call', the exact same katakana spelling is used to refer to 'coal' in Japanese.
The word コール can also refer to a 'chant' or 'cheer' used by fans at concerts or sports events, a completely different usage than the English 'call' in a video game title.
If a Japanese speaker were to describe the 'duty' in the title using native vocabulary, they might use the word 使命, which carries a stronger nuance of a 'calling' or a 'mission' than a simple task.

コールオブデューティーをプレイするのが大好きです。
I love playing Call of Duty.
一緒にCODをやりましょう！
Let's play COD together!
コールオブデューティを遊びたいです。
Kōru obu Dyūti o asobitai desu.
I want to play Call of Duty.
最近、コールオブデューティが流行っています。
Saikin, Kōru obu Dyūti ga hayatte imasu.
Call of Duty is popular lately.
友達とコールオブデューティをしています。
Tomodachi to Kōru obu Dyūti o shite imasu.
I am playing Call of Duty with my friends.

Yui and Yota are talking about video games.

結衣 Yui

陽太くんは、コールオブデューティをしますか？
Yōta-kun wa, Kōru obu Dyūti o shimasu ka?
Yota, do you play Call of Duty?
陽太 Yota

はい、よく友達と遊んでいます。
Hai, yoku tomodachi to asonde imasu.
Yes, I often play it with my friends.
結衣 Yui

いいですね。今度一緒にやりましょう。
Ii desu ne. Kondo issho ni yarimashō.
That's nice. Let's play together next time.
陽太 Yota

ぜひ！楽しみにしています。
Zehi! Tanoshimi ni shite imasu.
Definitely! I'm looking forward to it.

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