There is this game RECETTEAR from EasyGameStation.
EasyGameStation: http://egs.cug.net/
The game is about an item shop owner.
The recent English demo from Carpe Fulgur inspired me to pick it up.
Carpe Fulgur: http://www.carpefulgur.com/

I found (I won't say I learned, but I did look them up) the following words while playing the first ~30 mins or so. Best way to learn these? Can you suggest an easier game?　　This game is not AGTH (anime game text hooker) friendly. Can you suggest one that is?

別腹
最初
仕入れ
商品
市場
商人
挨拶
営業
許可
頂く
本格的
礼儀
同時
早速
進める
終了
確か
借金取り
私達
悪い
準備
順調
店舗
開店
参る
わざわざ
苦労
数
以内
扱う
個
販売
不要
買取
解る
ボロボロ
残り
細身
古びる
職人
短剣
土産
お守り
定番
品切れ
カッパ
胸当て
革
鎧
鉄
腕輪
盾
毛糸
帽子
兜
普段着
ばっちり
足りる
くるみ
最低限
レクチャー
陳列
せっかく
店頭
棚
近づく
並べる
決める
選択
雰囲気
影響
慎重
手始め
目玉
置く
基本
となる
部分
選ぶ
並ぶ
売買

Scrolling down the list quickly I noticed a lot of those words are very basic, everyday words. So, first of all, good job composing that list. Second, throw them all into anki in vocab format (kanji -> kana and meaning) and just go for it. Doing anything else in Japanese will cause you to encounter those words a ton of times. I'd also recommend the anki plugin to download audio for vocab words. This way you won't pronounce 雰囲気 as ふんいき instead of how it is really said (more like ふいんき）

Looks like a mess of words from JLPT levels 3 - 1, all dealing with business and trade, and they're all pretty useful. Just pop them into anki and learn them.

鎧 woot... new word+kanji.

stehr Wrote:Looks like a mess of words from JLPT levels 3 - 1, all dealing with business and trade, and they're all pretty useful. Just pop them into anki and learn them.

Not really. Like a couple of the words listed deal with business and trade. The rest are basic level stuff you would find on JLPT 4 or 3. Just read down the list word for word and you will see that barely any of them are business and trade words.

On a side note; I have played this game on the PC. It is pretty fun once you get into it. The monster battling is kind of stale though. Japanese wise the vocabulary is pretty straightforward. I guess the thing that might turn down beginners is that the kanji do not have furigana if you are unfamiliar with certain kanji written words.

jcdietz03 Wrote:Can you suggest an easier game?

I forgot to do this.

I'd suggest the Zelda games for the DS. Both are fun and while the vocab isn't super easy, you can click on the kanji in the dialogue and it will tell you how to read it.

別腹 betsubara べつばら
最初　saisho さいしょ first
仕入れ shiire しいれ
商品 shouhin しょうひん
市場 shijou しじょう or Ichiba いちば market place
商人 shounin しょうにん merchant
挨拶　aisatsu あいさつ Greetings
営業 eigyou えいぎょう
許可 kyoka きょか　Permission
頂く　itadaku いただく
本格的 honkakuteki ほんかくてき
礼儀 reigi れいぎ
同時 douji どうじ
早速 sassoku さっそく
進める susumeru すすめる
終了 shuuryou しゅうりょう　end,finish
確か tashika たしか
借金取り shakkintori しゃっきんとり
私達 watashitachi わたしたち　we
悪い warui わるい so bad
準備 jyunbi じゅんび　ready
順調 jyunchou じゅんちょう
店舗 tenpo てんぽ　store house
開店 kaiten かいてん store open
参る mairu まいる
わざわざ wazawaza
苦労 kurou くろう
数 kazu かず
以内 inai いない
扱う　atsukau あつかう
個 ko こ
販売　hanbai はんばい sale
不要 huyou ふよう
買取 kaitori かいとり
解る wakaru わかる understand
ボロボロ boroboro Rusty? ボロボロの剣 Rusty sword
残り nokori のこり
細身 hosomi ほそみ
古びる hurubiru ふるびる
職人 shokunin しょくにん craftsman
短剣 tanken たんけん　dagger,short sword
土産 miyage みやげ
お守り omamori おまもり
定番 teiban ていばん
品切れ　sinagire しなぎれ sold out
カッパ　kappa かっぱ
胸当て muneate むねあて chest armor
革 kawa かわ leather
鎧　yoroi よろい armor (heavy armor plate armor)
鉄　tetsu てつ iron 鉄拳 iron fist 鉄の剣 iron sword
腕輪　udewa うでわ arm ring
盾　tate たて shield
毛糸　keito けいと Wool yarn
帽子　boushi ぼうし　hat
兜　kabuto かぶと helmet armor
普段着 hudangi ふだんぎ rough wear
ばっちり bacchiri
足りる tariru たりる
くるみ ｋｕｒｕｍｉ walnut
最低限 sai-teigen さいていげん To a minimum
レクチャー English to katakana→lecture
陳列　chinretsu ちんれつ
せっかく sekkaku
店頭 tentou てんとう　Store's front
棚 tana たな
近づく tikaduku ちかづく
並べる naraberu ならべる
決める kimeru きめる
選択 sentaku せんたく Choice
雰囲気 hun-iki ふんいき mood
影響 eikyou えいきょう
慎重 sinchou しんちょう
手始め　tehajime てはじめ
目玉 medama めだま
置く oku おく
基本 kihon きほん
となる to-naru
部分 bubun ぶぶん
選ぶ erabu えらぶ
並ぶ　narabu ならぶ
売買　urikai うりかい

"RECETTEAR: English Version Comming Soon"

That aside, the game I had the easiest time understanding would probably be ウィッシュルーム　天使の記憶 (Hotel Dusk in the English release) and its sequel ラストウィンドウ　真夜中の約束.
Though judging by that list it might still be a little hard for you.