Hylian Language Translations/The Wind Waker

introduces a new form of Hylian text that is based on Japanese.

Due to the linguistic differences between English and Japanese, many translations can be highly contextual and open to interpretation. The translations listed below should be considered the best available estimates.

Any errors found in the in-game text are retained in the Hylian column, but corrected in the Transliteration and Meaning columns.

This page includes instances of Hylian text found in.

Items
|- |rowspan="4"|TWW: |rowspan="4"| |チンテンドウ | |Tintendo (Portmanteau of "Tingle" and "Nintendo") |- |パワー | |Power |- |セレクト スタート | |Select Start |- |チンクルシーバー | |Tingleceiver

NaN Letters
|- |rowspan="3"|TWW: |rowspan="3"| |２０ (Stamp) |２０ |20 |- |４１５ー０００ ホコダテチヨウ |４１５ー０００ |415-000 Hokodate Town |- |オフクロヘ | |To Mother |- |rowspan="4"|TWW: |rowspan="3"| (Front) |２０ (Stamp) |２０ |20 |- |マジユウトウ | |Forsaken Fortress |- |モサマヘ | |To Mr. Moe |- | (Back) |マギーヨリ | |From Maggie |- |rowspan="4"|TWW: |rowspan="3"| (Front) |２０ (Stamp) |２０ |20 |- |１００１. ００ー００ タウラトウ. オオキナイエ |１００１. ００ー００ |1001.00-00 Taura Island Big House |- |マギーヘ | |To Maggie |- | (Back) |モリブリン | |Moblin

NaN Sea Charts
|- |colspan="2"|Note: A number of NaN Sea Charts contain small or illegible phrases. The following phrase appears frequently: |ヒキアゲク オタカラ | |Treasure to Pull Up |- |rowspan="2"|Beedle's Chart |rowspan="2"| |テリーマツプ | |Terry Map |- |テリーシヨツプ | |Terry Shop

|- |rowspan="3"|Island Hearts Chart |rowspan="3"| |シマノハート マツプ (Bottom) | |Island Heart Map |- |ハートノカケラハ ゼンブ デ３０コ アルマス. ガンバツテ ゼンブアツ メマシヲウ. |  |30 Pieces of Heart exist altogether. Try your best to collect them all. |- |タダシフタツダケハ モラウコト ニ ナリマス. | |However, you only receive two. |- |rowspan="3"|Sea Hearts Chart |rowspan="3"| |ウミノハートマツプ | |Sea Heart Map |- |コレデ ハートノ カケラ ガ テニ ハイル |— |— |- |１. タカラノマツプ ２. サルベージ ３. ハートノカケラ |    |1. Treasure Map  2. Salvage 3. Piece of Heart |- |rowspan="2"|Platform Chart |rowspan="2"| |ヤグラマツプ | |Watchtower Map |- |コノ マツプ ハ ヤグラ ノ イチヲ カクニンデキル. (Portions of this text are repeated all over) | |This map is able to determine the location of the watchtowers.

|- |rowspan="2"|Submarine Chart |rowspan="2"| |センスイカン ノ マツブ  (Lower text is illegible) | — |Submarine Map  — |- |ココカラハイル | |Enter Through Here

The TWW:
|- |rowspan="3"|TWW: |rowspan="3"| |チユウイ | |Caution |- |チカズイテ モツト ヨクミテ クダサイ | |Please come closer and take a better look |- |(Bottom text is illegible) |— |—

TWW:
|- |rowspan="12"|TWW:'s dialogue | |ヒサシブリダナ　ハイラルオウヨ | |Well met, Hyrule King! |- | |ツイニ　オソレテイタコトガ ウゴキハジメタ　ヨウダナ | |The events that we have long feared seem to have been set into motion. |- | |オマエガ　ワタシニアイニキタトイウコトハ トキノユウシヤヲ　ミツケルコタガ デキタトイウコトダナ | |If you have sought me out, it must mean you have found the Hero of Time, does it not? |- | |デハ　オマエハ　ナニヲシニ ワタシニ　アイニキタノダ | |Then for what purpose have you come to see me? |- | |カノウセイ？ | |Promise? |- | |ソノカノウセイトヤラニ　ハイラルノ ウンメイヲ　マカセヨウト　イウノダナ | |You suggest that I leave the fate of Hyrule up to mere chance? |- | |ワカツタ ソノモノノ　ユウキガ　シンノモノカ ドウカハ　カミガ　ハンダンスルデアロウ | |I see. Then I suppose it is up to the gods to deem whether his courage is true. |- | |カミヘノミチシルベヲ　ウケトルガヨイ | |I give to you the guidepost of the gods. |- | |コノチニ　カケラレタ　ガノンノ ノロイハ　ソノ　ホウギヨクガ トイテクレルダロウ | |This jewel should dispel the curse that Ganon has cast upon this land. |- | |トキニ　ハイラルオウ オマエハ　ゼルダノ　チヲヒク　モノノ シヨザイヲ　ツカンデイルノカ？ | |Tell me, Hyrule King... Have you learned the whereabouts of the one who carries on the bloodline of the princess, Zelda? |- | |ゼルダガ　ガノンノテニオチルコトハ ダンジテ　フセガネバナラナイ | |That is well. You must protect Zelda. She cannot be permitted to fall into the hands of Ganon. |- | |タノンダゾ！ | |I am counting on you!

TWW:
|- |rowspan="2"|TWW: signs | |rowspan="2"|セカイイチノバクダン |rowspan="2"| |rowspan="2"|#1 Bombs in the World |- |

TWW:
|- |rowspan="2"|Chalkboard |rowspan="2"| |キヨウノオススメ | |Today's Recommendations |- |ロンロンミルク → １５０ デクノミケーキ → ３００ ゾーラコーヒー → ２５０ |  |Lon Lon Milk → 150 Deku Nut Cake → 300 Zora Coffee → 250

|- |rowspan="3"|Rito Postman recruitment poster |rowspan="3"| |アルバイトボシユウ | |Recruiting [for a] part-time job |- |ニモツノシワケナド バイトリヨウハ　ヨウソウダン | |Assorting packages and the like Job payment is negotiable |- |(Lower text is illegible) |— |—

TWW:
|- |rowspan="3"|Framed text |rowspan="3"| |キヨク | |Purity / Nobility |- |タダシサ | |Righteousness / Justice / Honesty |- |ウツクシク | |Beauty / Loveliness

TWW:
|- |rowspan="2"|Signs on TWW: desk | |チョキン・カワセ | |Savings・Exchanges |- | |ユウビン・キッテ | |Postage・Stamps

TWW:
|- |rowspan="2"|TWW: poster | (Left) |ボコババ ノ セイタイ ボコババ |  |Ecology of Boko Babas  Boko Baba |- | (Right) |ボコババ ノ タネ ボコババ ヲ タオウト サイシユ デキル  ブイババ  ブイババ ニカワル モノモアル |      |Boko Baba Seeds  Can be picked by defeating Boko Babas  Bui Baba  Some of them become Bui Babas |- |rowspan="4"|TWW:'s dialogue | |オマエノ　ソノカツコウ モシヤ　デンセツノ　トキノユウシヤカ？ | |Your appearance... Could you be the legendary Hero of Time? |- | |コクオウハ　ツイニ　トキノユウシヤヲ ミツケタノカ？ | |Did the King finally find the Hero of Time? |- | |ナンダ　ハリアゴガ ワカラナイヨウダナ？ | |What, don't you understand the Hylian language? |- | |デハ　トキノユウシヤデハ　ナイヨウジヤナ | |So, you are not the Hero of Time

TWW:
|- |rowspan="2"|Sign above counter |rowspan="2"| |フイギユアノデンドウ | |Figure Sanctuary |- |ニテンドウギヤラリー | |

TWW:
|- |rowspan="2"|TWW:'s dialogue | |アンシンスルノハ　マダハヤイ ガノンハ　アレシキノコトデ タオセルモノデハナイゾ | |Still... it is too soon for us to relax. Ganon cannot be destroyed by such simple means as wrath and fire. |- | |ソウカ… デハ　タノンダゾ！ | |I see... and I agree. Very well, then! We are counting on you!

TWW:
|- |rowspan="2"|Banner |rowspan="2"| |ゴール | |Goal |- |オツカレサマデシタ | |Good Work