スラム

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ス​ラム [súꜜràmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝɾa̠mɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English slum.

Noun

スラム • (suramu) 

1. a slum
   • 2003 March 31, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)55(ごじゅうご)話(わ)　あなたがルミナ？ [Chapter 55: Are You Rumina?]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 10 (fiction), Enix, →ISBN, page 59:

     着(つ)いたぜ　ようこそ最下層(スラム)へってか

     Tsuita ze Yōkoso Suramu ette ka

     This is it. Welcome back to the Slums.

Synonyms

• 貧(ひん)民(みん)街(がい) (hinmingai)
• 貧(ひん)民(みん)窟(くつ) (hinminkutsu)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English slam.

Noun

スラム • (suramu) 

1. a slam