Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45444155-20200524193239/@comment-1207741-20200526092246

LegionZero wrote: Then Viz did abgarbage job translating it because i ran the text you provided through a couple of translaters ait comes back basically saying the he(Kakuzu) has taken on other chakra natures by connecting the other hearts to his chakra network. Translations don't seem to be as universal as all that. I've found three contemporaneous translations of 335: (In case it's not obvious, the third is similar to Viz's translation.)
 * hisshouburaiken's - "Now I see...he can run his own chakra through his former opponent's heart, And use whatever kind of nature manipulation that they could..."
 * njt's - "I see so he takes people's hearts and acupunctures them into his body ... He's even kept their chakra's element"
 * winterlion's - "I see. He incorporated the others' hearts along with the chakra elements residing in the chakra tubes. That's why he can use so many Elemental Manipulations"

Even machine translations have different opinions:
 * google - "I see, the chakra property that resides in the meridian system of the heart of another person is taken in"
 * bing - "Well, did you take in the chakra nature that dwells in the meridian system the heart of others?"
 * deepl - "I see, you've incorporated the chakra nature of the other person's heart into your meridian system. No wonder you've made so many changes."

Sounds like someone who actually understands Japanese is needed to provide a definitive answer.