< Japanese Immersion

Your Gmail user interface can be set to use Japanese. This page lists the reading and meaning of the user interface elements. It also explains the coding options.

Note that "する" is often omitted from button titles for brevity.

Interface translations

JapaneseEnglish
メールを作成(さくせい)Compose message
受信(じゅしん)トレイInbox (literally "incoming message tray")
スターありStarred (literally "has a star")
送信(そうしん)()メールSent mail
下書(したが)Draft
すべてのメールAll messages
迷惑(めいわく)メールSpam (literally "nuisance mail")
ゴミ(ばこ)Trash (literally "trash can")
連絡先(れんらくさき)Contacts
ラベルlabel
ラベルを編集(へんしゅう)Edit label

Top area

JapaneseEnglish
設定(せってい)Settings
ヘルプHelp
ログ アウトlog out
検索(けんさく)オプションを表示(ひょうじ)show search options
フィルタを作成create filter

Kanji list



Meaning: make, create

音読み: さく
訓読み:


Meaning: become; form; turn into

音読み: せい
訓読み:


Meaning: receive

音読み: じゅ
訓読み:


Meaning: here: news, tidings

音読み: しん
訓読み:

Vocabulary

JapaneseEnglish
検索(けんさく)search
作成(さくせい)するto create, compose
受信(じゅしん)するto receive (a message)
紹介(しょうかい)するto introduce
送信(そうしん)するto send
知人(ちじん)acquaintance
表示(ひょうじ)するto show, display
編集(へんしゅう)するto edit
友人(ゆうじん)friend (tends to be used in writing)
取消し(とりけし)cancel

Loan words

JapaneseEnglish
メールmail
トレイtray
スターstar
ゴミtrash
ラベルlabel
プレビューpreview
ヘルプhelp
ログlog
アウトout
オプションoption
フィルタfilter

Coding issues

While UTF8 is gradually becoming more common as the code/encapsulation for Japanese emails, the most common coding is still ISO-2022-JP (known in the past as JIS). If you go to the Setting menu, set the "Gmail display language" to Japanese, then go to the bottom of the menu and set the "Outgoing message encoding" to the upper option (Use default text encoding), emails will be in ISO-2022-JP.

In general it is best to use ISO-2022-JP for Japanese emails, as this can be handled by most mail clients; even old ones. Gmail sends UTF8-coded emails in a Base64 block, which is gibberish to older non-MIME mail clients.

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