シャープペンシル
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]シャープペンシル • (shāpu penshiru) (counter 本)
- a mechanical pencil (US) / a propelling pencil (UK)
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Korean: 샤프펜슬 (syapeupenseul)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN