イングリッシュ

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Japanese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English English.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) イ​ングリッシュ [íꜜǹgùrìsshù] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ĩŋɡɯ̟ᵝɾʲiɕːɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun[edit]

イングリッシュ • (Ingurisshu) 

  1. (informal) the English language
    Synonym: 英語 (eigo)
    • 1989, Uehara Eiko, Tsuji no hana: Sengo hen [Street corner blossoms: postwar edition], volume 1, page 280:
      彼(かれ)は聞(き)きかじりのちり箱(ばこ)英(えい)語(ご)や、アメリカンイングリッシュではなく、伝(でん)統(とう)的(てき)なイングリッシュを学(まな)んでいる沖(おき)縄(なわ)唯(ゆい)一(いつ)の政(せい)治(じ)家(か)なのです。
      Kare wa kiki kajiri no chiribako Eigo ya, Amerikan Ingurisshu de wa naku, dentōteki na Ingurisshu o manande iru Okinawa yuiitsu no seijika na no desu.
      He is the only politician in Okinawa whose English is not a smattering picked up here and there, nor American English, but who is learning proper traditional English.
    • 2020 June 16, “‘Tomodachi mitai’ Eigo tanoshiku [Enjoy English ‘like a friend’]”, in Chūnichi Shimbun, page 14:
      Ｅ(イー)Ｃ(シー)Ｆ(エフ)はイングリッシュ・コミュニケーション・フレンドの頭(かしら)文(も)字(じ)。町(まち)教(きょう)委(い)が岐(ぎ)阜(ふ)大(だい)の協(きょう)力(りょく)を得(え)て実(じつ)現(げん)した。
      Ī-Shī-Efu wa Ingurisshu Komyunikēshon Furendo no kashiramoji. Machi kyōi ga Gifu dai no kyōryoku o ete jitsugen shita.
      ECF stands for “English Communication Friends”. It was established by the town education board in cooperation with Gifu University.
    • 2021 June 29, “Hizen chū, eigo de Gorin tēma ni tōron ‘Ingurishu dē’ [Throughout Hizen, discuss the Olympics in English for ‘English day’]”, in Saga Shimbun‎[2]:
      イングリッシュデイは佐(さ)賀(が)県(けん)の事(じ)業(ぎょう)で、英(えい)語(ご)を母(ぼ)国(こく)語(ご)で話(はな)すネイティブスピーカーとの会(かい)話(わ)を通(つう)じて生(せい)徒(と)たちの学(がく)習(しゅう)意(い)欲(よく)を高(たか)めることを目(もく)的(てき)とする。
      Ingurisshu dei wa Saga ken no jigyō de, Eigo o bokokugo de hanasu neitibu supīkā to no kaiwa o tsūjite seito tachi no gakushū iyoku o takameru koto o mokuteki to suru.
      English Day is a project of Saga Prefecture, which aims to motivate students by letting them converse with native speakers whose first language is English.
  2. (informal) the English people, ethnicity, or culture
    • 1991, Kanno Takashi, Shimazu Yuichi, Senryakuteki shiko to wa nani ka, translation of Thinking Strategically by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff:
      この方(ほう)法(ほう)は、伝(でん)統(とう)的(てき)なイングリッシュ・オークションとほぼ同(どう)様(よう)の結(けっ)果(か)をもたらす。イングリッシュ・オークションでは全(すべ)ての参(さん)加(か)者(しゃ)が一(いっ)室(しつ)に集(あつ)まり、口(こう)頭(とう)で値(あたい)をせり上(あ)げ、最(もっと)も高(たか)い額(がく)をいったものが購(こう)入(にゅう)できる。
      Kono hōhō wa, dentōteki na Ingurisshu ōkushon to hobo dōyō no kekka o motarasu. Ingurisshu ōkushon de wa subete no sankasha ga isshitsu ni atsumari, kōtō de atai o seri age, mottomo takai gaku o itta mono ga kōnyū dekiru.
      This method leads to essentially the same result as a traditional English auction. An English auction is one in which all of the participants gather in one room, competitive bids are made orally, and the purchase goes to the highest bidder.
    • 1993, Isobuchi Takeshi, Kōcha no oishisa no kimete‎[118]:
      イギリスに来(き)たからこんなに水(みず)色(いろ)の透(す)き通(とお)ったきれいな紅(こう)茶(ちゃ)は、見(み)たことがなかった。
      「これイングリッシュ・ブレンドですか」「イエッサー」
      Igirisu ni kita kara konnani mizuiro no sukitōtta kirei na kōcha wa, mita koto ga nakatta.
      “Kore Ingurisshu burendo desu ka” “Iessā”
      Since coming to England, I had never seen such a clear, beautiful tea. “Is this an English blend?” “Yessir”
    • 1963, Kitamura Minori, “Geijutsu undō no kanōsei”, in Shin Nihon Bungaku, page 117:
      イギリス人(じん)なら、スコッチだとかアイリッシュとかイングリッシュだとかという風(ふう)に、非(ひ)常(じょう)に民(みん)族(ぞく)というもの日(にち)常(じょう)の生(せい)活(かつ)感(かん)覚(かく)としても持(も)っている
      Igirisu-jin nara, Sukotchi da to ka Airisshu to ka Ingurisshu da to ka to iu fū ni, hijō ni minzoku to iu mono nichijō no seikatsu kankaku to shite mo motte-iru
      For a British person, one has a strong sense of national identity as Scottish or Irish or English in everyday life
    • 2012, Kato Setsuo, Otona no Rondon sanpo [A grown-up walking tour of London]‎[3], page 27:
      イギリス(U(ユー)K(ケー))にはイングリッシュだけでなく、スコッティッシュ(Scottish)やウエルシュ(Welsh)、アイリッシュ(Irish)が住(す)んでいる。
      Igirisu (Yūkē) ni wa Ingurisshu dake de naku, Sukottisshu (Scottish) ya Uerushu (Welsh), Airisshu (Irish) ga sunde-iru.
      In the UK not only English but also Scottish, Welsh, and Irish people live.

Usage notes[edit]

Also found used attributively to modify another noun, generally another term borrowed from English, and without any of the usual attributive particles like の (no).

References[edit]

  1. ^ “イングリッシュ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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