ダークソウル
Dāku Sōru
ダークソウル (Dāku Sōru) is the Japanese way to say the name of the action role-playing video game series Dark Souls.
While ダークソウル is the standard way to name the series, gamers often use the shortened version ダクソ when speaking informally.
Which one should you use?
ダークソウル is the full, standard name of the series. In contrast, ダクソ is a shortened version used specifically by the gaming community.
How do you pronounce it?
Dāku Sōru
Did you know?
- In Japanese gaming culture, the phrase 死にゲー (shini-ge), meaning 'dying game', is frequently used as a genre label to describe ダークソウル and similar difficult titles.
- Japanese players sometimes refer to the 'Soul' system in the game as ソウル稼ぎ (soul-kasegi), which uses the word for 'earning a living' or 'making money'.
- In Japanese, the word for 'soul' in ダークソウル is written using Katakana, which is the script reserved for foreign loanwords, signaling to the reader that the concept is an imported Western term rather than a traditional Japanese spiritual one.
Examples in context
- 「ダークソウルズをプレイしたことがありますか？」Have you played Dark Souls?
- 「明日は友達とダクソをやる予定だよ！」I'm planning to play Dark Souls with my friends tomorrow!
- 「ダクソが難しいけど、めちゃくちゃ楽しい！」Dark Souls is difficult, but it's incredibly fun!
Example conversation
Kenta and Yui are talking about video games.
- 結衣 Yui健太、最近何をしていますか？Kenta, saikin nani o shite imasu ka?Kenta, what have you been doing lately?
- 健太 Kenta今、ダークソウルに挑戦しています。Ima, Dāku Souru ni chōsen shite imasu.I'm challenging myself with Dark Souls right now.
- 結衣 Yuiそれは難しいと聞きましたよ。Sore wa muzukashii to kikimashita yo.I heard that one is difficult.
- 健太 Kentaはい、でもとても面白いです。Hai, demo totemo omoshiroi desu.Yes, but it's very interesting.
