アイロン
Japanese
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Etymology
Borrowed from English iron.[1][2][3][4][5] This form is partly a transliteration, compared to the pure transcription form アイアン (aian). Compare other examples of "pseudo-transcriptions", such as カーソル (kāsoru), オーストラリア (Ōsutoraria), マニア (mania), アナル (anaru), etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
- an iron (for pressing clothes)
- アイロンをかける
- airon o kakeru
- to iron something
- アイロンをかける
Descendants
See also
- 鉄 (tetsu)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN