Valveのゲイブ・ニューウェルさん 64歳の誕生日
EasyN4–N3Entertainment1 min readPublished Nov 3, 2026
、「Valve」ゲイブ・ニューウェル、64。
ニューウェル1962。、Valve。
Valve「Half-Life」1998、。
2003「Steam」。Valve、。
ニューウェル、。、。
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LevelWord & meaningActions
- —１１月PopularNovember; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- —３日Popular3rd day of the month; three days
- N3ゲームPopulargame
- N5のpossessive marker in front of a noun; possessor + の + possessed noun (Noun+の+Noun); standalone possessive pronoun form (mine/yours) using の followed by だ/です; possessive marker; genitive marker of ownership; shows that something belongs to someone/something; the 's' possessive in Japanese; subject marker inside a noun-modifying (attributive) clause; replaces が in relative clauses (ga/no alternation, e.g. 彼の言うこと = 彼が言うこと)
- N5会社Popularcompany; corporation; firm; one's workplace
- N5をDirect object marker; Marks the object of a verb; Indicates what is being acted upon
- N2作るPopularto make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion; to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
- N5〜た・〜ている＋名詞Verb modifies noun; Relative clause: a verb phrase describing the noun that follows; Past or ongoing action describing the noun
- N1さんPopularMr; Mrs; Miss; Ms; -san; politeness marker
- N5がSubject marking particle; Identification/attributive marking in some contexts (as in 'X is Y')
- N1歳Popular... years old; age (of) ...
- N5誕生日Popularbirthday
- N4迎えるPopularto go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to call for; to summon; to invite; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife); to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)
- N5ますPolite verb ending; Masu-form ending; Polite form of verbs
- N5はAs for... (highlights sentence topic); Topic marker used to indicate what the sentence is about; Marks the topic of the sentence, sometimes with contrast
- —年Popularyear; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
- N5にto indicate location/time/destination; to indicate the indirect object/recipient; to indicate purpose or goal in simple contexts
- N4アメリカPopular(United States of) America; United States; US; USA; America (land mass); the Americas
- N5でAt, in (location of where an action happens); By, with, using (means or method); Within, in (a span of time); With; By (using)
- N5生まれるPopularto be born
- —マイクロソフトMicrosoft
- N5働くPopularto work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated
- N5後Popularbehind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes); left; also; in addition; descendant; successor; heir; after one's death; past; previous
- N5初めてPopularfor the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
- N5出るPopularto leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; to move forward; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised; to sell; to exceed; to go over; to stick out; to protrude; to break out; to occur; to start; to originate; to be produced; to come from; to be derived from; to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid; to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get; to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave; to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain; to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed; to graduate; to ejaculate; to cum
- N5〜てlink actions in sequence; and then; one action follows another; cause or reason linked to result; to do something and then do something else; to sequence actions: first A, then B; one action followed by another
- —世界中Populararound the world; throughout the world
- N3人気Popularpopularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature
- N5～になる・～くなるTo become (an adjective); To get to be; To grow into (an adjective)
- N4始めるPopularto start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish; to start ...; to begin to ...
- —始めはat first; in the beginning; originally
- —新しくnewly; new; anew
- N5するPopularto do; to carry out; to perform; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B; to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B; to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B; to feel A about B; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
- N3ため(に)for the sake of; in order to; for the benefit of; to aim for; because of; due to; as a result of
- N5物Popularthing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly
- N5だった・でしたwas or were (past tense of copula); past form of 'to be' for nouns/na-adjectives; casual past: was/were; polite past: was/were
- N5がbut; however; yet; though
- N5今Popularnow; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; another; more
- N5人Popularperson; someone; somebody; human beings; mankind; man; people; humans; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others; character; personality; nature; capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person; adult; grown-up; I; me; one
- N1色々Popularvarious; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different); variously; in various ways; in many ways; various things; this and that
- N5な形容詞＋名詞Describes a noun with a na-adjective.; Modifies a noun directly before it.
- N5買うPopularto buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour); to accept; to take on; to take up; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
- N5大きなPopularbig; large; great
- N5店Popularstore; shop; establishment; restaurant
- N5まえにbefore (in time); in front of (location)
- N4あまり～ないnot very; not much; not really; hardly
- N4最近Popularrecently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now; nearest; closest
- N5海Popularsea; ocean; waters
- N4研究Popularresearch; study; investigation
- N4手伝うPopularto help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
- N3活動Popularactivity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
- N5もalso; too; as well; even; either; neither
- N5ている①general ている: an action or state continuing at the time referred to; ongoing action: is doing; resulting state: remains in the state after a change; habitual or repeated action: does regularly
