Title: Iou JP Vocab (furigana)
Tags: iou-used N5 art-gamedev N4 N3 N1 N2

Word: 添付
Reading: てんぷ
JLPT: N1
POS: noun
Definition: attaching (a file/document); an enclosure
ExampleJP: 請求書、また添付し忘れてるよ。三通目だからね。
ExampleEN: You forgot to attach the invoice again. That's the third email now.
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Romaji: tenpu

Word: 筆圧
Reading: ひつあつ
JLPT: N1
POS: noun
Definition: pen/writing pressure
ExampleJP: 筆圧強すぎて、ペン先すぐダメにするタイプでしょ。
ExampleEN: You press way too hard — you're the type who wrecks a nib in a week.
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Romaji: hitsuatsu

Word: 断面
Reading: だんめん
JLPT: N1
POS: noun
Definition: cross-section; a cut face
ExampleJP: 断面見れば手抜き工事かどうか一発でわかる。
ExampleEN: One look at the cross-section tells you instantly whether they cut corners.
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Romaji: danmen

Word: 曲面
Reading: きょくめん
JLPT: N1
POS: noun
Definition: curved surface
ExampleJP: その曲面、光の当たり方でしか歪みに気づけない。
ExampleEN: On that curved surface you only catch the warp by how the light hits it.
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Romaji: kyokumen

Word: 畏まりました
Reading: かしこまりました
JLPT: N1
POS: expression
Definition: certainly / as you wish (humble-polite acknowledgment)
ExampleJP: 「至急で」「畏まりました」と言った瞬間、定時退社は消えた。
ExampleEN: It's urgent. "Certainly." — and just like that, leaving on time was gone.
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Romaji: kashikomarimashita

Word: 仕える
Reading: つかえる
JLPT: N2
POS: verb
Definition: to serve (a master, lord, employer)
ExampleJP: 三代の当主に仕えた執事は、家の秘密を墓まで持っていった。
ExampleEN: The butler who served three generations took the family's secrets to his grave.
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Romaji: tsukaeru

Word: 対応
Reading: たいおう
JLPT: N2
POS: noun/verb
Definition: support for; handling; compatibility
ExampleJP: 「対応してます」って書いてあったのに、実際は半分動かない。
ExampleEN: The box said "supported," but honestly half of it doesn't work.
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Romaji: taiou

Word: 目標
Reading: もくひょう
JLPT: N2
POS: noun
Definition: goal; target
ExampleJP: 目標を口に出した瞬間に満足しちゃう人、多いんだよね。
ExampleEN: A lot of people feel satisfied the second they say their goal out loud.
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Romaji: mokuhyou

Word: 時差
Reading: じさ
JLPT: N2
POS: noun
Definition: time difference; jet lag
ExampleJP: 時差のせいにしてるけど、単に夜更かししてるだけでは。
ExampleEN: You're blaming the time difference, but aren't you just staying up late?
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Romaji: jisa

Word: 反省
Reading: はんせい
JLPT: N3
POS: noun/verb
Definition: reflection; contrition; a hard look at oneself
ExampleJP: 反省してる顔だけは上手いんだよな、あの後輩。
ExampleEN: That junior of mine is really good at just the face of being sorry.
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Romaji: hansei

Word: 褒める
Reading: ほめる
JLPT: N3
POS: verb
Definition: to praise
ExampleJP: 犬は褒めて伸ばせるのに、なんで人間相手だと忘れるんだろう。
ExampleEN: You can raise a dog on praise — so why do we forget that with people?
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Romaji: homeru

Word: 合計
Reading: ごうけい
JLPT: N3
POS: noun
Definition: total; sum
ExampleJP: 合計見て、レジで無言になる瞬間あるじゃん。
ExampleEN: There's that moment at the register where you see the total and just go silent.
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Romaji: goukei

Word: 変更
Reading: へんこう
JLPT: N3
POS: noun/verb
Definition: a change; alteration
ExampleJP: 仕様変更、金曜の夕方に来るのだけは本当にやめてほしい。
ExampleEN: Spec changes landing at 5pm on a Friday — that one I truly beg them to stop.
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Romaji: henkou

Word: 伝わる
Reading: つたわる
JLPT: N3
POS: verb
Definition: to be conveyed; to get through
ExampleJP: 言葉より、黙って隣にいた方が伝わることもある。
ExampleEN: Sometimes sitting there in silence gets through better than any words.
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Romaji: tsutawaru

Word: 追いつく
Reading: おいつく
JLPT: N3
POS: verb
Definition: to catch up
ExampleJP: 寝てる間に世界が進みすぎて、もう追いつく気も起きない。
ExampleEN: The world moved so far while I slept I can't even work up the will to catch up.
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Romaji: oitsuku

Word: 中身
Reading: なかみ
JLPT: N3
POS: noun
Definition: contents; substance; what's inside
ExampleJP: パッケージは豪華なのに、中身は空気が八割。
ExampleEN: Fancy packaging, and the contents are eighty percent air.
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Romaji: nakami

Word: 手伝う
Reading: てつだう
JLPT: N4
POS: verb
Definition: to help; lend a hand
ExampleJP: 「手伝おうか」って聞くより、黙って皿洗い始める人が好き。
ExampleEN: I prefer the person who just starts washing dishes over the one who asks "need a hand?"
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Romaji: tetsudau

Word: 必要
Reading: ひつよう
JLPT: N4
POS: noun/na-adj
Definition: necessary; need
ExampleJP: 必要なのは根性じゃなくて睡眠だって、いつ気づくの。
ExampleEN: When are you going to realize what you need isn't grit, it's sleep?
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Romaji: hitsuyou

Word: 起こす
Reading: おこす
JLPT: N4
POS: verb
Definition: to wake someone up
ExampleJP: 二度と起こすなって言うくせに、寝坊すると怒るんだから。
ExampleEN: You tell me never to wake you again, then get mad when you oversleep.
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Romaji: okosu

Word: 無理
Reading: むり
JLPT: N4
POS: noun/na-adj
Definition: impossible; unreasonable; overdoing it
ExampleJP: 「無理」って言えるのも一つの実力だと思う。
ExampleEN: Being able to say "no, that's too much" is a skill in its own right.
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Romaji: muri

Word: 間違える
Reading: まちがえる
JLPT: N4
POS: verb
Definition: to get wrong; to mistake one thing for another
ExampleJP: 塩と砂糖、色が同じってだけで人生何回間違えるんだろう。
ExampleEN: Salt and sugar — how many times in a life do we mix them up just 'cause they're the same color?
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Romaji: machigaeru

Word: 代わり
Reading: かわり
JLPT: N4
POS: noun
Definition: substitute; replacement; in place of
ExampleJP: 代わりはいくらでもいる、って言う会社ほど人が辞める。
ExampleEN: The companies that say "you're replaceable" are the ones people flee.
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Romaji: kawari

Word: 約
Reading: やく
JLPT: N4
POS: adverb/prefix
Definition: approximately; about
ExampleJP: 「約5分で着く」の"約"に何度も裏切られてきた。
ExampleEN: I've been betrayed many times by the "about" in "about 5 minutes away."
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Romaji: yaku

Word: 設定
Reading: せってい
JLPT: N4
POS: noun/verb
Definition: settings; a setup (also a story's premise)
ExampleJP: 初期設定のまま何年も使ってる人、意外と多い。
ExampleEN: Surprisingly many people run for years on the default settings.
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Romaji: settei

Word: 太陽
Reading: たいよう
JLPT: N4
POS: noun
Definition: the sun
ExampleJP: 太陽に当たらない生活してると、感情まで曇ってくる。
ExampleEN: Live without sunlight long enough and even your moods cloud over.
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Romaji: taiyou

Word: 開ける
Reading: あける
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to open
ExampleJP: その箱だけは開けないでって言ったのに、真っ先に開けるやつ。
ExampleEN: Don't open that one box — and you're the first to pop it open.
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Romaji: akeru

Word: 呼ぶ
Reading: よぶ
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to call (out to); to summon
ExampleJP: 名前で呼ばれるより、あだ名の方が距離が近く感じる。
ExampleEN: Being called by a nickname feels closer than being called by name.
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Romaji: yobu

Word: 一番
Reading: いちばん
JLPT: N5
POS: noun/adverb
Definition: most; number one; best
ExampleJP: 一番になりたいわけじゃない、負けたくないだけ。
ExampleEN: It's not that I want to be number one — I just hate losing.
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Romaji: ichiban

Word: 勝つ
Reading: かつ
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to win
ExampleJP: 勝った側が全部正しかったことになるの、歴史って怖い。
ExampleEN: The winners get to be the ones who were "right" — history's frightening like that.
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Romaji: katsu

Word: 地球
Reading: ちきゅう
JLPT: N5
POS: noun
Definition: the Earth
ExampleJP: 宇宙から見たら国境なんて無いって、みんな知ってるのにね。
ExampleEN: From space there are no borders — everyone knows it, and yet.
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Romaji: chikyuu

Word: 乗る
Reading: のる
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to ride; to board; to get on
ExampleJP: 終電に乗り遅れた夜の、あの妙な自由さが忘れられない。
ExampleEN: I can't forget that strange freedom of a night you miss the last train.
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Romaji: noru

Word: 同じ
Reading: おなじ
JLPT: N5
POS: adjective
Definition: the same
ExampleJP: 毎日同じ道なのに、たまに全然知らない店に気づく。
ExampleEN: Same road every day, yet now and then I spot a shop I've never seen.
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Romaji: onaji

Word: 少し
Reading: すこし
JLPT: N5
POS: adverb
Definition: a little; slightly
ExampleJP: もう少しだけ、が積もって朝になるパターン。
ExampleEN: That "just a little more" piles up until suddenly it's morning.
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Romaji: sukoshi

Word: 休む
Reading: やすむ
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to rest; to take (time) off
ExampleJP: 休むのが下手な人ほど、休み方を誰かに習うべき。
ExampleEN: The worse you are at resting, the more you should learn how from someone.
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Romaji: yasumu

Word: 起きる
Reading: おきる
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to wake up; to get up
ExampleJP: 起きた瞬間に一日の勝敗が決まってる日、ある。
ExampleEN: Some days the win-or-lose is decided the instant you wake up.
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Romaji: okiru

Word: 言う
Reading: いう
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to say
ExampleJP: 言わなくても分かるでしょ、が一番分かってもらえない。
ExampleEN: You should just know without me saying is the surest way to not be understood.
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Romaji: iu

Word: これから
JLPT: N5
POS: expression
Definition: from now on; after this
ExampleJP: これから頑張る、の「これから」が一生来ない人もいる。
ExampleEN: For some people the "from now on" in "I'll try harder from now on" never actually arrives.
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Romaji: korekara

Word: また
JLPT: N5
POS: adverb
Definition: again; also
ExampleJP: また今度、が社交辞令だって気づいた時の切なさ。
ExampleEN: The little ache when you realize "let's do it again sometime" was just a polite nothing.
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Romaji: mata

Word: すごい
JLPT: N5
POS: adjective
Definition: amazing; incredible; terrific
ExampleJP: すごいって言葉、便利すぎて逆に何も伝わらない時ある。
ExampleEN: Amazing is so convenient it sometimes ends up conveying nothing at all.
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Romaji: sugoi

Word: 絵
Reading: え
JLPT: N5
POS: noun
Definition: picture; drawing; painting
ExampleJP: 絵は嘘をつけるから怖いし、面白い。
ExampleEN: Drawings can lie, and that's exactly what makes them scary — and fun.
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Romaji: e

Word: 色
Reading: いろ
JLPT: N5
POS: noun
Definition: color
ExampleJP: 色を一個変えただけで、キャラの性格まで変わる。
ExampleEN: Change a single color and even the character's whole personality shifts.
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Romaji: iro

Word: 目
Reading: め
JLPT: N5
POS: noun
Definition: eye
ExampleJP: アニメは目さえ描ければ、あとは何とかなる説。
ExampleEN: The theory that in anime, if you can just draw the eyes, the rest works itself out.
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Romaji: me

Word: 手
Reading: て
JLPT: N5
POS: noun
Definition: hand
ExampleJP: 手だけは何回描いても敵のままなんだよね。
ExampleEN: Hands stay the enemy no matter how many times you draw them.
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Romaji: te

Word: 顔
Reading: かお
JLPT: N5
POS: noun
Definition: face
ExampleJP: 同じ顔しか描けない時期、絵描きなら全員通る道。
ExampleEN: The "I can only draw the same face" phase — every artist walks that road.
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Romaji: kao

Word: 描く
Reading: かく
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to draw; to depict (same かく as 書く)
ExampleJP: 上手く描こうとした瞬間、線が死ぬ。
ExampleEN: The instant you try to draw it well, the linework dies.
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Romaji: kaku

Word: 作る
Reading: つくる
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to make; to create; to build
ExampleJP: ゲーム作るの、9割は完成させる根性の話。
ExampleEN: Making a game is ninety percent the guts to actually finish it.
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Romaji: tsukuru

Word: 動く
Reading: うごく
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to move
ExampleJP: キャラが初めて画面で動いた時の脳汁、忘れられない。
ExampleEN: The rush when your character first moves on screen — unforgettable.
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Romaji: ugoku

Word: 音
Reading: おと
JLPT: N5
POS: noun
Definition: sound
ExampleJP: 音が付いた瞬間、ただの箱がゲームになる。
ExampleEN: The moment sound gets added, a plain box becomes a game.
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Romaji: oto

Word: 声
Reading: こえ
JLPT: N5
POS: noun
Definition: voice
ExampleJP: 声が入ると、キャラが急に生きてる感じになる。
ExampleEN: Once a voice goes in, the character suddenly feels alive.
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Romaji: koe

Word: 使う
Reading: つかう
JLPT: N5
POS: verb
Definition: to use
ExampleJP: 高い液タブ使っても、最初は下手なもんは下手なまま。
ExampleEN: Even using a pricey pen display, at first bad is still bad.
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Romaji: tsukau

Word: ゲーム
JLPT: N5
POS: noun
Definition: game
ExampleJP: 「すぐ終わる」って言ったゲームが人生を溶かす。
ExampleEN: The game that said "this'll be quick" is the one that melts your life away.
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Romaji: geemu