メダル
Appearance
See also: メタル
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English medal.[1][2]
First cited in the early 1870s.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from early 1870s] medal (a stamped metal disc presented as an award)
Synonyms
[edit]- 賞牌 (shōhai)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “メダル”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ “メダル”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ 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