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ツアー

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English tour.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ツアー • (tsuā) 

  1. a tour
Usage notes
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Seldom used on its own. More often found in compounds, such as スキーツアー (sukī tsuā, “ski tour”) or パッケージツアー (pakkēji tsuā, “package tour”).

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English czar, from Russian царь (carʹ), ultimately from Latin Caesar (a surname).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ツアー • (tsuā) 

  1. a czar, a tsar
Usage notes
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Non-standard orthography. The spelling and reading ツァー (tsā) is more common for this sense.

Alternative forms
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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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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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