アニメ

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アニメ (anime): a frame from Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (1944), the first feature-length anime film.

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation.[1][2][3][4]

Not directly related to French animé (animated).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

アニメ (anime

  1. (animation, anime) anime, Japanese animation
  2. (animation) an animation, a cartoon
    テレビアニメ
    terebi anime
    a TV cartoon, an animated TV show

Usage notes[edit]

All animated works in general are called アニメ in Japanese. In other countries, specially Western ones, the romanization anime is typically used for animation produced primarily for the Japanese market.

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN