Term Correspondence Chart
From Hard Drop Tetris Wiki
This page documents the correspondence of English Tetris-related jargon to established jargon in other languages.
General Interface/Mechanics
| English | Japanese | Korean |
|---|---|---|
| Block | ブロック | 블록을 |
| Garbage | じゃまブロック | |
| Ghost/Shadow | ゴースト | 고스트 |
| Hold | ホールド | 홀드 |
| Line clear | ラインクリア | |
| Piece preview / Next pieces | ネクストブロック (nekusuto burokku) / NEXT | |
| Playfield | プレーフィールド | |
| Orientation | 状態 | |
| Randomizer | 出現補正 | |
| Rotation system | ローテーションシステム | 로테이션 시스템 |
| Tetromino | テトロミノ (tetramino テトラミノ ) (tetrimino テトリミノ) / (Multimino マルチミノ) |
테트리미노 |
| Entry / Spawn | 出現 |
Mobility/Playing Methods
| English | Japanese | Korean |
|---|---|---|
| Tetris | テトリス (Tetorisu) | 테트리스 |
| Triple | トリプル | |
| Double | ダブル | |
| Single | シングル | |
| T-Spin | T-スピン / ティー・スピン | 티-스핀 |
| Hurdle/Split One-Two Two-One |
スプリット ワンツー ツーワン |
|
| Clearing 5+ lines | デラックス (Deluxe) |
| English | Japanese | Korean |
|---|---|---|
| Cascade | カスケード | |
| Combo | コンボ (REN) | |
| Countering garbage | 相殺 | |
| Firm drop/Sonic drop | ファームドロップ | |
| Floor kick | 床蹴り | |
| Fusion | フュージョン | |
| Hard drop/Sonic lock | ハードドロップ | 하드 드랍 |
| Misdrop | ミスドロップ | |
| Rotation | 回転 | 회전하기 |
| Skimming | 削り (#Digging 掘り) | |
| Slide | スライド | |
| Sticky (line clear gravity) | スティッキー | |
| Soft drop | ソフトドロップ | 소프트 드랍 |
| Square Monosquare Multisquare |
スクウェア ピュアスクウェア (Pure SQUARE) コンボスクウェア (Combo SQUARE) |
|
| Twist/Spin moves | 回転入れ | |
| Wall kick | 壁蹴り | |
| Zangi-moves | ザンギ入れ |
Speeds/Delays/Scoring Systems
| English | Japanese | Korean |
|---|---|---|
| All Clear/Bravo | 全消し | |
| ARE / Entry delay / Spawn delay | 出現時間／待機時間／あれ (ARE) | |
| Back-to-Back | バック･トゥ･バック | 백투백 |
| Delayed Auto Shift (DAS) | 横溜め移動 | |
| DAS Delay | 横溜め時間 | |
| Gravity | 重力 | |
| Line clear delay | 消去時間 | |
| Lock delay | 接着時間／固定時間 | |
| Top out | 窒息 | |
| Torikan | とりカン |
Machine translation (MT) systems such as Yahoo's Babel Fish tend to mistranslate テトリス (Tetris) as "Tet lith". In Japanese, テト (Teto) can refer to Tết, the Vietnamese lunar new year holiday, on which the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War was fought in 1968. This usage is very rare in Japanese, but popular MT software still has "Tet" in its dictionary and not "Tetris". "Liss" and "Lith" often appear in names of games originating from Japan, such as: Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss, Super Tetris 3 (including Magicaliss and Sparkliss), and the fan game Emlith.