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<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
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<r_ele>
<reb>モブキャラ</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>モブ・キャラ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&abbr;</misc>
<gloss>background character (in a manga, anime, etc.)</gloss>
<gloss>mob (in a video game)</gloss>
<gloss>non-player character</gloss>
<gloss>NPC</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-09-09 13:11:00" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Not sure if I'd call it an abbr or not</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>モブキャラ 3694
モブキャラクター 116
In the Japanese subtitles to the Hollywood movie "Free Guy" about a video game character who gains self-consciousness, this
is what they used to translate "NPC". Like モブ it's wider though because it refers to background characters in anime too</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-09-10 05:38:43" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think [abbr] is OK.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>