オンス
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Japanese
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Dutch ons,[1][2] with some sources also listing English ounce.[1][3] Considering that English ounce would have been borrowed as アウンス (aunsu), the Dutch origin seems more likely.
First cited to 1886.[1]
Pronunciation
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[edit]- (measurement) ounce [1886]
- 1990 June 25 [1990 February 17], George Morikawa, “Round ４ うれし涙 [Round 4: Tears of Joy]”, in はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING! [The First Step: THE FIGHTING!], 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 123:
- 彼のグローブも 12オンスだった それでもブロックした腕がこの通りさ
- Kare no gurōbu mo jūni-onsu datta sore demo burokku shita ude ga kono tōrisa
- He was using 12-ounce gloves too, and yet my blocking arms still got beaten up like this.
- 彼のグローブも 12オンスだった それでもブロックした腕がこの通りさ
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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