ラジオ

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spellings
ラヂオ (dated or poetic)
ラヂヲ (poetic)

Etymology[edit]

From English radio.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

First cited to a text from 1924.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ラジオ (rajio

  1. [from 1924] radio
    Synonyms: (Kagoshima) ダジオ (dajio), 無線 (musen, literally wireless)
    ラジオ()
    rajio o kiku
    listen to the radio
  2. [from 1952] (slang, dated) broke, having no money; dining and dashing (punning off of 無線 (musen, wireless) with the sense of 無銭 (musen, money-less))
    Synonyms: (no money) 無銭 (musen), (dining and dashing) 無銭飲食 (musen inshoku)
  3. radiation (when used as part of a compound)
    Synonym: 放射 (hōsha)
    ラジオアイソトープ
    rajio-aisotōpu
    radioisotope

Descendants[edit]

  • Hokkien: la-jí-o͘h

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 ラジオ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ ラジオ”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ ラジオ”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. ^ ラジオ”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia)[4] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  5. ^ ラジオ”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[5] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  6. 6.0 6.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. 7.0 7.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN