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クワタ

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English quad.[1][2][3] Alternatively, may be a shift from English quadrat (from which quad is a shortening).[2][4]

First cited to a bookmaking and printing-related work from 1948.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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クワタ • (kuwata) 

  1. [from 1948] (typography) a quad: a spacer used in metal typesetting
    Hypernym: 込め物 (komemono, literally “insert, inserted thing”)
    Coordinate terms: インテル (interu, “interline”), スペース (supēsu, “space”)
    全(ぜん)角(かく)クワタ、半(はん)角(かく)クワタ
    zenkaku kuwata, hankaku kuwata
    an em quad, an en quad

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “クワタ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “クワタ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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