How to say "copy" in Japanese

• コピーJLPT N5approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe loanword for a copy in the sense of a duplicate, especially a photocopy — what you make on a copier when you need a duplicate of a document.
  完成かんせいした本ほんのコピーを１部ぶ送おくっていただくという条件じょうけんで、私どものソフトウエアを収録しゅうろくすることを許可きょかします。↗

  You have our permission to include our software on condition that you send us a copy of the final product.
• 写すうつすJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb for the act of copying: to duplicate or reproduce something, or to trace a picture, as when you copy a diagram or text.
  このページをノートに写うつしておきなさい。↗

  Copy this page in your notebook.
• 似せるにせるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbHere 'copy' means to imitate rather than duplicate: to make something resemble an original, as in counterfeiting or forgery.
• 写しうつしJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe noun counterpart of the verb 写す: a copy, duplicate, or transcript of a document or text — the resulting copy rather than the act of copying.
  その写うつしは原本げんぽんと合あっている。↗

  The copy agrees with the original.
• 原稿げんこうJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun'Copy' in the writer's or editor's sense: the manuscript or draft of an article or book, not a duplicate of a document.
  この原稿げんこうは書き直かきなおしたほうがいいな。↗

  I'd better rewrite this paper.

Use 「コピー」 for a duplicate or photocopy, 「写す」 for the act of copying or tracing, 「写し」 for the resulting copy or transcript, 「似せる」 for imitating or forging, and 原稿 for copy meaning a manuscript or draft.

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• コピーcopy
• 写すうつすto copy
• 似せるにせるto copy
• 写しうつしcopy
• 原稿げんこうmanuscript
• 見習うみならうto follow (someone's) example
• ならうto imitate
• 模写もしゃcopy (of the real thing)
• 書き写すかきうつすto copy (down)
• 複写ふくしゃcopying
• 模するもするto imitate
• 謄写とうしゃcopy
• 副書ふくしょcopy
• 粉本ふんぽんcopy
• 複製品ふくせいひんcopy
• コピるto copy
• 真似事まねごとimitation
• 擬するぎするto imitate
• 写し取るうつしとるto make a copy (of)
• 副本ふくほんduplicate
• 似たりにたりfake
• 擬製ぎせいimitation
• 儀刑ぎけいmodel
• 引き写しひきうつしcopying
• 模すもすto imitate
• 擬すぎすto imitate
• プリントprint
• 副ふくduplicate
• 控えひかえduplicate
• なぞるto imitate
• たねmaterial (e.g. for an article)