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センター

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 センター on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from English center, centre.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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センター • (sentā) 

  1. a center (point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle or on the surface of a sphere)
  2. a center (middle portion of something)
  3. a center (point on a line midway between the ends)
  4. a center (place where a function or activity occurs)
    テストセンター ― tesuto sentā ― test center
  5. (baseball, softball) Synonym of 中堅手 (chūkenshu, “center fielder”)
  6. Ellipsis of センターポジション (sentā pojishon, “member in an idol group who is the center of focus”).

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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
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