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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

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    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

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    Noun

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    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

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

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    5. ^ 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