randoseru
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese ランドセル, itself from German Landser or Dutch ransel.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹandə(ʊ)ˌsɛɹuː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑndoʊˌsɛɹu/
Noun[edit]
randoseru
- A type of backpack worn by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, made of leather or leatherette.
- 1992, Yoshio Terasawa, Through my eyes: Wall Street, Washington, D.C., and Japan's Diet[1], Japan Times:
- "The randoseru is an indispensable object in Japan which gives poetic charm to spring,” I explained to Leigh Hollywood, but I don't think he understood.
- 2007 August 6, Ed -- The Tall Guy, “BB: Looking for a bag...”, in alt.callahans[2]:
- It was an unconstructed ballistic nylon (I think) messenger bag, with a back pocket that unzipped to a set of padded shoulder straps that turned it into something roughly the same shape as a randoseru.
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