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ワレズ (われず, warezu) Japanese meaning: warez | Kotomora

ワレズ

also: うぇあーず

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Meanings

1

warez; pirated software

slang›internet›

Internet slang for illegally copied and distributed commercial software, games, or other digital content.

ワレズサイトからソフトをダウンロードするのは違い法ほうだ。
Downloading software from warez sites is illegal.

Don't confuse with

割われ
割れ and ワレズ both refer to pirated software slang, but 割れ is the kanji/kana form often used in casual text while ワレズ is the fuller katakana rendering closer to the English 'warez'.

Written forms

ワレズ
Most common katakana spelling for the slang term 'warez'.
ウェアーズ
Alternate katakana spelling, closer to the English pronunciation.

Etymology

From English 'warez', a leetspeak plural of 'ware' (short for software).