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In the back of the _Strawberry Panic Complete Novel Collection_ there is a "Translation Notes" section explaining some of the terms like _genpaku_, _mogi_ (Japanese) and _financier_ (French), but it also talked about what the _Taisho Era_ is, which, unlike the other 3 I mentioned, is a historic thing rather than something from another language.

I am wondering if this kind of translation notes can also be used for a story set in a fictional world. If so with these 3 examples is there any I should/shouldn't use?

Example 1: fictional term

> Danse de l'Ange: a hit novel series set during Heaven's Fall following the tales of Aurica le'Divant, speculating on her own previously unknown involvement in it. It is french for _The Angel's Dance_<sup>1</sup>

Example 2: Real World term with retained meaning (though in-story origin is different)

> Kosode (Real World): a basic japanese robe worn as either an overgarment or undergarment
> 
> Kosode (In Story): a basic robe worn as either an overgarment or undergarment originating from Nipon

Example 3: Real World Term with a different meaning

> Okami (Real World): a Japanese term meaning _Great God_<sup>2</sup>
> 
> Okami (In-Story): A term in Shinto to refer to Izanami's 2 eldest daughters, Amaterasu-no-Mikoto and Tsukimara-no-Mikoto. The use of the term itself locally (Okami-sama) in Nipon or Ohana refers to that country's Okami (Amaterasu and Tsukimara respectively) while it can also used be used as an honorific for either of them (Amaterasu-okami, Tsukimara-okami).

NOTE: The (In Story) ones are what I would show. The (Real World) ones are just to compare to for the sake of this question.

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<sup>1: according to <a href="https://translate.google.com.au/?um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hl=en&amp;client=tw-ob#auto/fr/The%20Angel's%20Dance" rel="nofollow noreferrer">google translate</a></sup>

<sup>2: according to <a href="http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/945498-shin-megami-tensei-persona-4/48672121" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a></sup>

Original score: 5