魔物
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 魔 | 物 |
| ま Grade: S |
もの Grade: 3 |
| goon | kun’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Appears to be a coinage within Japanese, as a compound of 魔 (ma, “demon, devil”) + 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2][3][4]
First cited to a text from 1886.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- [from 1886] an evil spirit, a monster, an apparition, a demon
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “魔物”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “魔物”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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