Alternate item names
Some roles use an alternate set of item names for various items in order to give a broader set of theming for the player.
Japanese
The following is a list of those items with their Japanese names:
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| bokken (previously jo) | club (actually means "wooden sword") |
| dai-kyu | bow (used in nethack variants like SlashTHEM) |
| gunyoki | food ration |
| jo (reassigned from club) | baseball bat (actually means "short staff") |
| kabuto | helmet |
| kaginawa | grappling hook |
| koto | wooden harp |
| mizugumo | water walking boots |
| naginata | glaive |
| ninja-to | broadsword |
| nunchaku | flail |
| okonomiyaki | pancake |
| onigiri | doughnut |
| osaku | lock pick |
| potion of sake | potion of booze |
| shito | knife |
| tanko | plate mail |
| timbe | small shield |
| wakizashi | short sword |
| yugake | leather gloves |
| yumi | bow (used in vanilla nethack) |
There are also some regular items that are uniquely Japanese. Once identified, these are described using their Japanese name, regardless of which role you are playing. These items are the following:
- ya ("bamboo arrow")
- yumi ("long bow")
- katana ("samurai sword")
- tsurugi ("long samurai sword")
- shuriken ("throwing star")
Additionally some pieces of dialog are also changed. On losing a level or dying, you receive the message "Sayonara", instead of the usual "Goodbye"; when starting or loading a game, it greets you with "Konichi wa"; and friendly shopkeepers and priests greet you with "Irasshaimase".
Pirate
Pirate names for items following a nautical theme:
The Pirate patch treats the cutlass as a kind of scimitar. In real life, the cutlass is usually a much shorter sword than the scimitar, though both usually have conspicuously curved blades. Both are also related to the saber--the scimitar through the Persian shamshir and Turkish kilij, which were probably influenced by cavalry sabers used by the Byzantine Empire--but NetHack treats the scimitar/cutlass and saber as distinct weapons. NetHack is not real life.
Reference: Chris's Pirate Patch
