コピー

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

コピーする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

copy; photocopy

Refers to a duplicate of a document, image, or data, or the act of making one. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

book jacket blurb

Publishing term for the promotional text on a book's dust jacket or cover.

advertising slogan

abbreviation

Abbreviation of キャッチコピー. Used in marketing contexts for a catchy phrase or tagline.

〈物もの〉をコピーするto make a copy of something
この資し料りょうをコピーしてください。
Please make a copy of this document.
コピーを取とるto make a photocopy
会かい議ぎの前まえに資し料りょうのコピーを取とっておいた。
I made photocopies of the materials before the meeting.
〈物もの〉のコピーを書かくto write an advertising slogan for something
新しん商しょう品ひんのコピーを考かんがえるのが彼かれの仕し事ごとだ。
His job is to come up with advertising slogans for new products.

複ふく写しゃN2sense 1
複写 is a formal, technical term for duplication used in office or legal contexts, while コピー is the everyday loanword for the same act.
キャッチコピー sense 3
キャッチコピー is the full term for an advertising slogan, while コピー is its shortened, casual form used in the same sense.
複ふく製せい
コピー is the casual, everyday word for photocopying or digital copying, while 複製 is more formal and used for artistic, legal, or high-fidelity reproductions.
写うつしN1
コピー is the everyday, casual loanword for a copy, while 写し is more formal and often used for official duplicates or transcripts.

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クローン
コピー is the everyday word for a copy of anything (documents, files), whereas クローン implies a perfect, often biological or system-level duplicate.
プリントN3
コピー emphasizes making a duplicate (e.g. photocopying), whereas プリント focuses on the printed output itself, such as a document straight from a printer.
写うつすN4
コピーする is a loanword limited to mechanical or digital duplication, while 写す also covers manual copying, tracing, and transcribing.
控ひかえ
コピー is a mechanical, identical duplicate, while 控え can be a handwritten note or personal record that isn't a perfect copy.
ダビング
コピー is the modern, general word for copying media, while ダビング is a dated term used mainly for copying audio or video cassettes.
レプリカ
コピー is a general word for any copy, including documents and digital files, while レプリカ is reserved for physical, artifact-like reproductions.

オリジナル
コピー means a copy or reproduction, the direct opposite of オリジナル as the first, unduplicated version.

コピペ
コピー means just 'copy' (duplicating something), whereas コピペ specifically means copying AND pasting text or data elsewhere.

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

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From English 'copy'.