How to find words you cant find in a dictionary? Help with translating Dragon Ball


I have been learning japanese for 6 months now and thought that I would have a
stab at buying a Japanese comic book to try and read/ translate but I'm
struggling! There are many different words that are included in the comic that
do not appear in the dictionary or in my Google searches. One example is:

[code]

    じいちやん - grandfather
    エサ
    とつてくる
    
[/code]

These last two words I have no idea about. I've spent my entire lunch break on
just these two. Any help on what they mean and how to better look up words
like this?

Thanks




Have a look at the resources : [Resources for learning
Japanese](https://japanese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/756/resources-for-
learning-japanese) a number of online dictionaries are listed.

If you look for example at [Jisho](http://beta.jisho.org/ "Jisho"), both your
examples are listed. I have seen some people dislike Edict-based dictionaries
so please keep an open mind and try other things.

  * `爺{じい}ちゃん`

    * Grandfather (may be used after name as honorific).Familiar language, See also 祖父{}さん, usu. 祖父ちゃん
    * Male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific).usu. 爺ちゃん
  * `餌｛えさ｝` Noun

    * (animal) feed; fodder.
    * Bait; lure; enticement.
  * `取{と}って来｛く｝る`

    * Kuru verb - special class,To fetch; to go and get. Other form 取ってくる 【とってくる】

For the last one, the confusion arose from the fact that you mistook `っ`
(small つ used for doubling consonants) for `つ`. I honestly think that reading
anything after only 6 months of Japanese will be really hard, but good luck
and I hope this helps !




Have a look at the resources : [Resources for learning
Japanese](https://japanese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/756/resources-for-
learning-japanese) a number of online dictionaries are listed.

If you look for example at [Jisho](http://beta.jisho.org/ "Jisho"), both your
examples are listed. I have seen some people dislike Edict-based dictionaries
so please keep an open mind and try other things.

  * `爺{じい}ちゃん`

    * Grandfather (may be used after name as honorific).Familiar language, See also 祖父{}さん, usu. 祖父ちゃん
    * Male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific).usu. 爺ちゃん
  * `餌｛えさ｝` Noun

    * (animal) feed; fodder.
    * Bait; lure; enticement.
  * `取{と}って来｛く｝る`

    * Kuru verb - special class,To fetch; to go and get. Other form 取ってくる 【とってくる】

For the last one, the confusion arose from the fact that you mistook `っ`
(small つ used for doubling consonants) for `つ`. I honestly think that reading
anything after only 6 months of Japanese will be really hard, but good luck
and I hope this helps !

