パンパン
Japanese
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]The adverb, attested from the 19th century, is onomatopoeic. The related adnominal is attested from the 20th century.[1]
Adverb
[edit]- (onomatopoeia) the sound of clapping or of striking something with one's hand
- (onomatopoeia) bang, pow (the sound of something bursting or exploding)
- 1994, Aihara Mariko, Shitai nōjō, translation of The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell:
- どこかの射撃場からパンパンという鋭い音が、夜明けの静寂を破って聞こえてくれ。
- Dokoka no shagekijō kara panpan to iu surudoi oto ga, yoake no seijaku o yabutte kikoete kure.
- From a shooting range somewhere a sharp bang sound breaks the silence of the dawn.
- どこかの射撃場からパンパンという鋭い音が、夜明けの静寂を破って聞こえてくれ。
Adnominal
[edit]- bulging, about to burst, overstuffed
- 食べ過ぎた。お腹がパンパンだ。
- Tabe sugita. Onaka ga panpan da.
- I ate too much. My stomach is about to burst.
- 食べ過ぎた。お腹がパンパンだ。
Etymology 2
[edit]Ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru). This noun is attested from the 1940s.[2] Multiple theories include:
- Possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 slang. Compare Ilocano pampam (“prostitute”), Tagalog pampam (“prostitute”), Cebuano pampam (“prostitute”), Waray-Waray pampam (“prostitute”). See also English pum-pum (“vulva”)
- Possibly from Indonesian perempuan (“woman”).[3]
- Possibly a semantic shift from the onomatopoeia, perhaps in reference to clapping hands to attract a prostitute
Noun
[edit]- (slang, dated, historical) a sex worker, prostitute, especially one catering to occupying soldiers after World War II
- Synonym: パンパンガール
- 2018, Kitagami Yūho, Sengo panpan den [Tales of post-war sex workers], volume 16, page 6:
- それでパンパンから足を洗って更生しろって 分かってないね！技術を持ったって元パンパンだってわかったら どこも雇ってくんないよ
- Sore de panpan kara ashi o aratte kōsei shiro tte Wakatte-nai ne! Gijutsu o motta tte moto panpan datte wakattara Dokomo yatotte-kunnai yo
- They say that working girls are turning over a new leaf and rehabilitating themselves. Don't you get it! The skills that former sex workers have – they're useful anywhere.
- それでパンパンから足を洗って更生しろって 分かってないね！技術を持ったって元パンパンだってわかったら どこも雇ってくんないよ
Descendants
[edit]- → English: pan-pan
References
[edit]- ^ “ぱんぱん”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “パンパン”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “パンパンガール”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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