Japanese word

コピペ

Pronunciation

Romajikopipe

Meaning

  • nouncopy-and-paste

Example

住所をコピペします。jū sho o ko pi pe shi ma su

I copy and paste the address.

Illustration for コピペ (copy-and-paste)

More examples

レポートをコピペで済ませず、自分の言葉で書きます。re pō to o ko pi pe de su ma se zu ji bun no koto ba de ka ki ma su

I do not settle for copy and paste when writing my report; I use my own words.

Core concept

Focuses on reusing the same content by copying it and inserting it somewhere else.

Common phrases

  • コピペ禁止ko pi pe kin shi

    copy and paste prohibited

  • コピペのミスko pi pe no mi su

    copy-and-paste mistake

  • コピペで済ませるko pi pe de su ma se ru

    settle for copy and paste

Similar words

コピーkopī: The act or result of reproducing existing content in the same or another form.
転記tenki: The act of copying information from one place to another, often by writing it elsewhere.
複製fukusei: The act of making a duplicate of existing content.

Definition in Japanese

ある内容を複製し、その複製を別の場所に貼り付ける操作。a ru nai yō o fuku sei shi so no fuku sei o betsu no ba sho ni ha ri tsu ke ru sō sa

Word origin

The Japanese noun コピペ (kopipe) comes from the shortened forms コピー (kopī, "copy") and ペースト (pēsuto, "paste"), both originally English loanwords.

Usage tips

  • The term copypasta is built from copy and paste and describes text spread through repeated copying, whereas コピペ (kopipe) refers more generally to the act itself.

Related words

  • コピペするkopipesurucopy and pasteverb

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