ユーモア

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Japanese

Etymology

Transliteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English humour or humor.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ユーモア [yúꜜùmòà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ユーモア [yùúmóá] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːmo̞a̠]

Noun

ユーモア • (yūmoa)

humour (UK), humor (US)

Coordinate terms

機知(きち) (kichi): a quick wit (able to respond quickly to different situations)
頓知(とんち) (tonchi): a sharp wit (able to rapidly come up with relevant knowledge)
気転(きてん), 機転(きてん) (kiten): tact, wit (as in to keep one's wits about one)
ウイット (uitto): wit (quick with the right word)
エスプリ (esupuri): wit, humor, verve, esprit

References

^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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