バイオリン
Japanese
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Alternative forms
- ヴァイオリン (vaiorin)
Etymology
Borrowed from English violin.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
The ヴァイオリン (vaiorin) spelling is less common, in part because the /v/ sound does not exist in native Japanese terms, and many Japanese speakers find this difficult to pronounce.
Synonyms
- 提琴 (teikin)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third 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