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How to use

The Japanese Literature Data and Audio Visual Materials Database is a tool designed to provide search capability for the catalog of Images, Videos, Audio Books, CDs, Translations, and other such material stored at the Center for Japanese Language and Culture, Osaka University.

 

How to Search

First, enter the title (full or partial) or, the name of the person you wish to search for, in the items field. Then, click the "Search" button.

There are two ways to search the database.

Afterwards, information on the matching material will be displayed. The following information will be displayed.

【種別 / Category】
【資料タイトル / Title of Material】
【監督 / Director】
【原作作品名 / Original Work】
【作者 / Author】
【注記 / Notes】
Next, click on the item you wish to examine.

Only 20 items will be displayed per page. In the event that more than 20 matches are listed, please click the “next” button to advance to the following page.

Upon selection item details are displayed. The following information will be displayed:

【種別 / Category】
【資料タイトル / Title of Material】
【タイトル(ひらがな)】
【監督 / Director】
【監督(ひらがな)】
【監督(アルファベット)】
【年 / Year】
【種類 / Media Type 】
【時間 / Time 】
【音声 / Language 】
【字幕 / Subtitles 】
【発売元 / Distributor 】
【原作作品名 / Original Work 】
【原作作品名(ひらがな) 】
【作者 / Author 】
【作者(ひらがな) 】
【作者(アルファベット)】
【翻訳 / Translation 】
【ふりがな本 / Furigana Book (Hiragana Assistance) 】
【シナリオ / Scenario 】
【朗読CD・カセット / Audio Book - CD & Cassette 】
【注記 / Notes 】

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How to Use the "Keyword" Function

There are two ways to search the database.

1. In the event that the name of the work itself or the director/author of the material is known, a search can be performed by using the following categories.
 【資料タイトル / Title of Material 】(漢字/ひらがな)
 【監督 / Director 】(漢字/ひらがな/アルファベット)
 【原作作品名 / Original Work 】 (漢字/ひらがな)
 【作者 / Author 】(漢字/ひらがな/アルファベット)
 【字幕 / Subtitles】(メニューから選ぶ)

You can focus the search by entering search criteria into more than one field at a time.

2. To search using partial information such as singular specific word(s), use the keyword field (「キーワード/Keyword」). This function is useful for searching for material when only partial information about the title or author is available at the time of the search. By using the "Keyword" function, the following categories will be searched for matches to the keyword entered.
 【資料タイトル / Title of Material 】
 【監督 / Director 】
 【原作作品名 / Original Work 】
 【作者 / Author 】
 【字幕 / Subtitles】
 【注記/Notes】

The "Notes" field is used for the placement of various details related to the material in question. Etc.

The ability to yield matches is increased when the "Keyword" function is used in a search.

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Error Messages

The following message is displayed when no matches are found.

Number of Matching Items: 0
No matches.

Please return to the previous screen, change the search parameters, and try your search again.

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Search Language and Characters

This database can be searched through the use of either Japanese or English. Please use Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, when entering search criteria into the information fields. Also, when searching for English translations of Japanese works etc., please use the Roman alphabet when entering search criteria into the information fields.

When searching for Japanese names in alphabetized form, please use Roman characters in the following way.

ヘボン式ローマ字綴り一覧表

A

I

U

E

O

KA

KI

KU

KE

KO

SA

SHI

SU

SE

SO

TA

CHI

TSU

TE

TO

NA

NI

NU

NE

NO

HA

HI

FU

HE

HO

MA

MI

MU

ME

MO

YA

I

YU

E

YO

RA

RI

RU

RE

RO

WA

I

U

E

O

N(M)
       

GA

GI

GU

GE

GO

ZA

JI

ZU

ZE

ZO

DA

JI

ZU

DE

DO

BA

BI

BU

BE

BO

PA

PI

PU

PE

PO
きゃ
KYA
きゅ
KYU
きょ
KYO
   
しゃ
SHA
しゅ
SHU
しょ
SHO
   
ちゃ
CHA
ちゅ
CHU
ちょ
CHO
   
にゃ
NYA
にゅ
NYU
にょ
NYO
   
ひゃ
HYA
ひゅ
HYU
ひょ
HYO
   
みゃ
MYA
みゅ
MYU
みょ
MYO
   
りゃ
RYA
りゅ
RYU
りょ
RYO
   
ぎゃ
GYA
ぎゅ
GYU
ぎょ
GYO
   
じゃ
JA
じゅ
JU
じょ
JO
   
びゃ
BYA
びゅ
BYU
びょ
BYO
   
ぴゃ
PYA
ぴゅ
PYU
ぴょ
PYO
   

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