>>527153567
How about whenever you go to study in a specific place you could get an Arcana quiz?

>Which skill recovers 1 ally from Knockdown or Dizzy status?
>A. Amrita
>B. Me Patra
>C. Re Patra

>'Maragion' is a spell that inflicts?
>A. Heavy Fire damage to all foes
>B. Medium Fire damage to 1 foe
>C. Medium Fire damage to all foes

>Which skill causes light Phys damage to 1 foe x2, with a chance of Rage?
>A. Brain Shake
>B. Cruel Attack
>C. Hysterical Slap

Etc, etc...test the player at their own discretion when they study and get bonuses/rewards for committing to the games many mechanics. Slowly introduce harder and harder questions that go beyond just the terms.

"Which of the social links is of the Justice Arcana?"
"Of which Arcana is the Persona Vetala?"

This is just an extremely easy way to hamfist a competency check in there. I'm sure there are better and more subtle ways to integrate these terms into the world building more holistically than just a damn trivia quiz. But even a simple assessment forces you to study the skill names and Personas and mechanics closely, provides immediacy and rewards for doing so, which integrates back into the bigger picture of the game being about a Japanese student, who takes tests...and also casts ancient magic spells written in ancient Sanskrit gibberish and summons demons with tarot cards.

>>527153967
According to my research, there are a bunch of completely made up and legit interpretations about the terms all over the place but there doesn't seem to actually be much of any thematic representation of these terms in the storylines. It's just rule of cool, lets make up some cool sounding words and use them.

https://rologeass.tumblr.com/post/17815084262/what-do-shin-megami-tensei-persona-spell-names