シャープペンシル

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Japanese

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 シャープペンシル on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from sharp +‎ pencil. Name after the company Sharp, which started its business with mechanical pencils and was one of its earliest manufacturers in Japan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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シャープペンシル • (shāpu penshiru)  (counter 本)

  1. a mechanical pencil (US) / a propelling pencil (UK)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • → Korean: 샤프펜슬 (syapeupenseul)

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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