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Pokémon Game Terms [Vocab]

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Items, Moves, Types, Locations, Trainer Types, and more – basic terminology you need to be able to play main title Pokémon games. This deck focuses on game-specific terminology to complement other more general decks.

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Core System Navigation

The absolute first terms needed to play the game

メニュー

始（はじ）める

to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate

ロード

データ

鞄（かばん）

bag, satchel, briefcase, basket

設定（せってい）

establishment, creation, posing (a problem), setting (movie, novel, etc.), scene, options setting, preference settings, configuration, setup

初（はじ）めから

from the beginning

続（つづ）く

to continue, to last, to go on

ポケモン

道具（どうぐ）

tool, implement, instrument, utensil, apparatus, device, means

情報（じょうほう）

information, news, intelligence, advices, information, data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

レポート

戻（もど）る

to turn back (e.g. half-way), to return, to go back, to recover (e.g. something lost), to be returned, to rebound, to spring back

ボックス

box, box (in theatre), booth (in restaurant, etc.), small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box), rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box), box (calfskin), central 4x4 area (othello)

再生（さいせい）

resuscitation, regeneration, restoration to life, reformation, rehabilitation, playback, regeneration (sound, etc.), view (of a video clip), reclamation, recovery, rebirth, reincarnation

選択（せんたく）

selection, choice, option

保存（ほぞん）

preservation, conservation, storage, saving (e.g. to disk), maintenance

起動（きどう）

startup, booting up, activation, starting (e.g. engine, computer), launch

終了（しゅうりょう）

end, close, termination

止（と）める

to stop, to turn off

中止（ちゅうし）

suspension, stoppage, discontinuance, interruption

オプション

ヘルプ

操作（そうさ）

operation, management, processing, manipulating to one's benefit, to operate, to manipulate, to fiddle (e.g. the books)

預（あず）ける

to give into custody, to leave (a child) in the care of, to entrust, to deposit, to lean on, to put one's weight on

引（ひ）き出（だ）す

to pull out, to take out, to draw out, to withdraw

整理（せいり）

sorting, arrangement, organization, putting in order, adjustment, regulation, liquidation, settlement, consolidation, clearance (e.g. debt), paying off, retrenchment, curtailment, cutting down, disposal

名前（なまえ）をつける

チェンジ

Basic Commands

Common actions used throughout the game

はい

yes, that is correct

いいえ

決定（けってい）

decision, determination

止（や）める

to stop (an activity), to cease, to discontinue, to end, to quit

移動（いどう）

movement, transfer, migration, removal, travel, mobile, moving, traveling, travelling, roving

調（しら）べる

to examine, to investigate, to check up, to sense, to study, to inquire, to search

話（はな）す

to talk, to speak, to converse, to chat

使（つか）う

to use (a thing, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use

開（ひら）く

to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack

閉（と）じる

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.), to shut

進（すす）む

to advance, to go forward, to precede, to go ahead (of), to make progress, to improve, to deepen, to heighten, to be fast (of a clock), to be ahead, to do of one's own free will

使用（しよう）

use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation

取（と）る

to take, to pick up, to harvest, to earn, to win, to choose

選（せん）

selection, choice, choosing, picking, election

値（あたい）

price, cost, value, worth, merit, value, count, number, variable (computer programming, programing)

切（き）り

end, finish, stop, bounds, limits, delivery date (of a futures contract), finale (of a noh song), end of an act (in joruri or kabuki), final performance of the day (in vaudeville), counter for slices (esp. thick slices), counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat), only, just, since, after, remaining (in a particular state)

次（つぎ）

next, following, subsequent

Primary Battle System

Essential battle interface terms

戦（たたか）う

to go to war, to make war, to fight, to struggle

技（わざ）

technique, art, skill

逃（に）げる

to escape, to run away

捕（つか）まえる

to catch, to arrest, to seize

入（い）れ替（か）える

to replace, to substitute, to shift, to change places

アイテム

item, must-have, must-have item

攻撃（こうげき）

attack, strike, offensive, criticism, censure, denunciation, condemnation

防御（ぼうぎょ）

defense, defence, safeguard, protection

交代（こうたい）

alternation, change, relief, relay, shift, substitution (sports, etc.), taking turns

交換（こうかん）

exchange, interchange, switching, reciprocity, barter, substitution, replacement, clearing (of checks, cheques)

入（い）れる

to put in, to let in, to take in, to bring in, to insert, to set (a jewel, etc.), to ink in (e.g. a tattoo), to score (a point )

替（か）える

to replace, to exchange, to interchange, to substitute

防（ふせ）ぐ

to defend (against), to protect, to prevent

御（ぎょ）する

to drive (e.g. horse, carriage), to control, to manage

特殊（とくしゅ）

special, particular, peculiar, unique

通常（つうじょう）

common, general, normal, usual

命中（めいちゅう）

a hit, hitting something that was aimed at

回避（かいひ）

evasion, avoidance

ターン

コマンド

戦（たたか）う

to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against), to compete (against), to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to contend, to resist

Status Conditions - Basic

Common status effects

瀕死（ひんし）

dying, (on the) verge of death

退（ど）く

to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way, to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede

麻痺（まひ）

paralysis, palsy, numbness, stupor

眠（ねむ）り

sleep, sleeping, inactivity, death

火傷（やけど）

氷（こおり）

ice, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

毒（どく）

凍結（とうけつ）

freeze (e.g. program, food)

混乱（こんらん）

disorder, chaos, confusion, mayhem

睡眠（すいみん）

気絶（きぜつ）

猛毒（もうどく）

Status Conditions - Advanced

Complex battle conditions

メロメロ

madly in love, falling down drunk

怯（ひる）む

to falter, to flinch (from), to recoil (from), to quail (at)

凍（こお）りつく

to freeze to, to be frozen to, to freeze in place, to be still

原始（げんし）

origin, primeval

メガ

mega- (i.e. 10^6)

大（だい）

the large part of, big, large, great, approximate size, no larger than, -university, large (e.g. serving size), loud (e.g. volume setting)

巨大（きょだい）

huge, gigantic, enormous

回帰（かいき）

return (to), revolution, recurrence, recursion, comeback, revival, regression

進化（しんか）

evolution, progress

昏睡（こんすい）

coma, dead sleep

意識（いしき）不明（ふめい）

unconscious, senseless

暴走（ぼうそう）

running wildly, reckless driving, runaway, rampage, acting rashly, behaving recklessly, reckless baserunning

昏倒（こんとう）

falling (down) unconscious, fainting (and collapsing)

確定（かくてい）

decision, settlement, definition

死（し）

death, decease, death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)

痺（しび）れ

numbness, going to sleep (of a limb), pins and needles

眠気（ねむけ）

sleepiness, drowsiness

宿（やど）り木（ぎ）

mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album), parasitic plant

開催（かいさい）

holding a meeting, open an exhibition

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