ブラック

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Etymology

Borrowed from English black.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ブラック • (burakku) 

  1. black (color)
    Synonym: 黒い (kuroi)
  2. a black (person) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. Ellipsis of ブラックコーヒー (burakku kōhī, “black coffee”).
    ブラックでお願(ねが)いします。
    Burakku de o-negaishimasu.
    Black, please.
  4. Ellipsis of ブラック企業 (burakku kigyō, literally “black company”).
    ブラックに就(しゅう)職(しょく)する
    burakku ni shūshoku suru
    work for an exploitative employer
  5. (finance, business) Ellipsis of ブラックリスト (burakkurisuto, literally “blacklist”).
    携帯(けいたい)ブラック[2]
    keitai burakku
    cellphone blacklist → blacklisted by the industry and unable to sign up for new cellphone contracts

Derived terms

Adjective

ブラック • (burakku) 

  1. brutal, in the style of a ブラック企業 (burakku kigyō, literally “black company”)
    ブラックな労働(ろうどう)環境(かんきょう)
    burakku na rōdō kankyō
    miserable working conditions

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “ブラック”, in デジタル大辞泉‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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