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Japanese Immersion/Gmail interface

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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

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Japanese English
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)()みメール 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

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Japanese English
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

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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

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Japanese English
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

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Japanese English
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

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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.