サラリーマン

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Japanese

 サラリーマン on Japanese Wikipedia
 Salaryman on Wikipedia

Etymology

Although often described as wasei eigo (和製英語), this appears to derive from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English phrase salaried man,[1][2][3] which appears in print at least as early as 1828.

The resulting Japanese term was then re-imported into English.

Pronunciation

Noun

サラリーマン • (sararīman) 

  1. a salaryman (male office worker)

Descendants

  • English: salaryman
  • Korean: 샐러리맨 (saelleorimaen)

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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