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コンパス

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Japanese

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コンパス (for drafting)

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Compass (drafting)

コンパス (for drafting): Two kinds of compasses.

コンパス (for navigation): A simple dry magnetic portable compass.

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

羅針盤 (for navigation)

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Compass

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kompas.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) コンパス [kóꜜǹpàsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kõ̞mpa̠sɨ̥]

Noun

コンパス • (konpasu)

a compass or pair of compasses, as used in drafting to draw a circle or mark out distance
the length of one's stride
a mariner's compass, as used to find magnetic north

Synonyms

(for drafting): ぶん回(まわし) (bunmawashi)
(stride): 歩幅(ほはば) (hohaba)
(magnetic compass): 羅針盤(らしんばん) (rashinban), 羅針儀(らしんぎ) (rashingi), 羅盤(らばん) (raban)

Derived terms

コンパス座(ざ) (Konpasu-za): the Compasses constellation, Circinus
コンパス植物(しょくぶつ) (konpasu shokubutsu): the compass plant, Silphium laciniatum

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
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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