User blog comment:Artemis Paradox/Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Impressions/@comment-1773866-20110126150242/@comment-969093-20110126155506

Not really. The items have a very simple system of how they're written. For monster parts it's usually 's, you can basically divide monster part names into 3 parts.

You can also recognise names of weapons/items/armors/monsters if you get a little into the Katakana Alphabet. It's not necessary to know any of it at all but it can help. For the other items however, such as potions/ores etc you'd need to know the advanced Kanjis in order to read them. But even then, you can also just go by location, rarity, item color, item symbol and associate it with what you know. It's not as hard to get into as you might think. ^_^ I've had experience with MH2 however so I do have an advantage in the Kanji department...