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Lycee Term Definitions~    

These are a list of commonly used text on Lycee cards.

With these and basic Japanese knowledge, you should be able to understand most of a card's effects.

Golden Rule: Card text takes priority over these basic rules. That's what makes the game interesting!

Word: The word as it appears in the Japanese card game. Trans: A literal translation of the phrase.
Expl: Tidbits that explain important details for the word.
 
  Card Locations
Word: フィールド Trans: Field (-Spot- is used in various places)
Expl: One of the 12 card slots in the game (6 for you and 6 for your opponent), where characters and areas can be placed and are considered "in play".
Word: AF Trans: Attack Field
Expl: A field in an attack row. Your attack row is the row closest to your opponent's rows. Only characters in attack fields may attack.
Word: DF Trans: Defense Field
Expl: A field in a defense row. Your defense row is the row closest to you. Only characters in defense fields may block attacks.
Word: 空き Trans: Empty Field
Expl: Describes an AF or DF, on the friend side or enemy side, that has no characters.
Word: 隣接した Trans: Adjacent
Expl: A field is adjacent if it's directly above, below, to the left, or to the right of another field. Diagonals don't count.
Word: 自分のデッキ Trans: Your Deck
Expl: Refers to cards in your deck. When it's empty, you lose the game.
Word: 自分のゴミ箱 Trans: Your Dust Box
Expl: This is where your cards are discarded to.
Word: 自分の手札 Trans: Your Hand
Expl: Refers to cards in your hand.
Word: 相手のデッキ Trans: Opponent's Deck
Expl: Refers to cards in your opponent's deck. When it's empty, you win the game.
Word: 相手のゴミ箱 Trans: Opponent's Dust Box
Expl: This is where your opponent's cards are discarded to.
Word: 相手の手札 Trans: Opponent's Hand
Expl: Refers to cards in your opponent's hand.
Word: 持ち主の手札 Trans: Owner's Hand
Expl: Refers to cards in the hand of the person who started the game with a referred card.
 
  Actions and Designations
Word: ドローする Trans: Draw (verb)
Expl: Take the top card from your deck and put it in your hand.
Word: 破棄する Trans: Discard (verb)
Expl: Take the targeted card (be it from play, from hand, or from the top of a deck) and put it in the owner's dustbox.
Word: 行動済み状態にする Trans: Tap (verb)
Expl: Turn the card to face horizontally. Applies to characters. You can't tap a tapped card to pay for costs.
Word: 未行動状態にする Trans: Untap (verb)
Expl: Turn the card to face vertically. Characters untap at the beginning of their owner's turns.
Word: 場を離れる Trans: (to) Leave Play *updated!
Expl: A character in play leaves play, either hitting the Dust Box or removed from the game.
Word: 移動したとき Trans: (to) Move *new!
Expl: A character in play leaves their current field and enters another field.
Word: ターン開始時 Trans: Start of a turn
Expl: A clause that describes an effect which happens whenever a turn starts.
Word: バトル Trans: (in) Battle
Expl: Describes when an attacker and blocker are declared, and battle choices are being made. A turn can have many battles.
Word: 味方キャラ Trans: Friend
Expl: Refers to a character card in play that you control.
Word: 相手キャラ Trans: Enemy
Expl: Refers to a character card in play that you don't control.
Word: 味方バトル参加キャラ Trans: Friend (in battle)
Expl: In a battle, refers to the character you control.
Word: 対戦キャラ Trans: Enemy (in a battle)
Expl: In a battle, refers to the enemy your friend is fighting.
 
  Card Types and Parts
Word: キャラ Trans: Character Card
Expl: Character cards have blue/purple borders. They are played to a field.
Word: イベント Trans: Event Card
Expl: Event cards have red borders. Their effect happens, then they go to the dust box.
Word: アイテム Trans: Item Card
Expl: Item cards have yellow borders. Each character can equip up to one.
Word: エリア Trans: Area Card
Expl: Area cards have green borders. They sit on a field.
Word: 使用代償 Trans: Card Cost
Expl: Pay the cost to play the card. It's listed under the card name, on the printed cards.
Word: AP Trans: Attack Points
Expl: Only for characters. Can knock down characters with DP less than this character's AP.
Word: DP Trans: Defense Points
Expl: Only for characters. Survives attacks from enemies with AP up to this character's DP.
Word: SP Trans: Support Points
Expl: Only for characters. Can to add this character's SP to an adjacent AF friend's AP or DF friend's DP in battle. Support boosts disappear after the battle finishes.
 
  Relationships
Word: または Trans: Or
Expl: Choose either what comes before or what comes after, but not both.
Word: お互い Trans: Mutual
Expl: Describes something owned by "both players", such as both playing card hands.
 
  Basic Abilities (for characters)
Word: エスケープ-cost- Trans: Escape: -cost-
Expl: You may pay the cost to discard the character from play, if untapped.
Word: タックス・ウェイクアップ-cost- Trans: Tax Wake Up: -cost-
Expl: Pay the cost during your Warm Up Phase, or this character doesn't untap.
Word: タックス・トラッシュ-cost- Trans: Tax Trash: -cost-
Expl: Pay the cost during your Warm Up Phase, or discard this character.
Word: ボーナス-effect- Trans: Bonus: -effect-
Expl: The effect triggers when this character knocks down an enemy in battle and survives.
Word: デッキ・ボーナス-effect- Trans: Deck Bonus: -effect-
Expl: The effect triggers when this character damages the enemy deck in battle.
Word: ペナルティ-effect- Trans: Penalty: -effect-
Expl: The effect triggers when this character leaves play.
Word: タッチ-cost- Trans: Touch: -cost-
Expl: The character can switch places with another friend in the same column, once per turn.
Word: ステップ-cost- Trans: Step: -cost-
Expl: The character can move to an adjacent empty field on your field, once per turn, when untapped.
Word: オーダーステップ-cost- Trans: Order Step: -cost-
Expl: The character can step within the column.
Word: サイドステップ-cost- Trans: Side Step: -cost-
Expl: The character can step within the row.
Word: ジャンプ-cost- Trans: Jump: -cost-
Expl: The character can move to any empty field in your rows, once per turn.
Word: アタッカー Trans: Attacker
Expl: Supporting this character will always raise its AP, regardless of its position.
Word: ディフェンダー Trans: Defender
Expl: Supporting this character will always raise its DP, regardless of its position.
Word: サポーター-cost- Trans: Supporter: -cost-
Expl: Pay the cost to support an additional time this turn, when untapped.
Word: アグレッシブ Trans: Aggressive
Expl: The character can attack and pay tap costs on the turn it comes into play.
Word: ダッシュ Trans: Dash
Expl: If the character can beat the enemy in battle, the enemy doesn't hit back.
Word: コンバージョン-base chara- Trans: Conversion
Expl: This character can't be played to an empty field. It must be played on top of a non-Conversion character already in play with the base character's name.
The base character must already be within the Conversion's Field Limitation.