アスファルト

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English asphalt.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) アスファルト [àsúfáꜜrùtò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠sɨ̥ɸa̠ɾɯ̟to̞]

Noun

アスファルト • (asufaruto) 

1. asphalt
   • 1995, “(deprecated template usage) TOMORROW”, (deprecated template usage) 岡本真夜, (deprecated template usage) 真名杏樹 (lyrics), performed by (deprecated template usage) 岡本真夜:

     涙(なみだ)の数(かず)だけ強(つよ)くなれるよ　アスファルトに咲(さ)く　花(はな)のように

     Namida no kazu dake tsuyoku nareru yo asufaruto ni saku hana no yō ni

     Like flowers blooming on the asphalt, you can become stronger by merely the number of your tears

   • 2004 September 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “[第](だい)[十](じゅう)[七](しち)[訓](くん)　[酔](よ)ってなくても[酔](よ)ったふりして[上](じょう)[司](し)のヅラ[取](と)れ [Lesson 17: Even If You’re Not Drunk, Pretend to Be, and Snatch Your Boss’s Toupée]”, in (deprecated template usage) [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     アスファルトの上(うえ)だろーとどこだろーと構(かま)いませんぜ　酒(さけ)のためなら　アスファルトに咲(さ)く花(はな)のよーになれますぜ！

     Asufaruto no ue darō to doko darō to kamaimasen ze Sake no tame nara asufaruto ni saku hana no yō ni naremasu ze!

     We can sit on the asphalt for all we care. We can get used to that like flowers blooming from the asphalt, for sake’s sake!