Hitachi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 日立 (ひたち, Hitachi).

Proper noun

Hitachi

1. a Japanese company and brand name.
2. Hitachi, a city in Ibaraki prefecture
3. Hitachi Province, a former region in Japan

Translations

company

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日立 (zh) (Rìlì)

• Japanese: 日立 (ひたち, Hitachi)
• Korean: 히타치 (Hitachi)
• Russian: Хита́чи (ru) f (Xitáči), Хита́ти (ru) f (Xitáti)

Noun

Hitachi (plural Hitachis)

1. (genericized trademark) A Hitachi Magic Wand or similar magic wand vibrator.
   • 2020 June 9, Elle Hume, My Fair Millennial 2: Still a Romantic Comedy, Masterful Books:

     Even if I've destroyed three Hitachis and a dozen Kleenex boxes over him.

   • 2021 January 12, Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby: A Novel, One World, →ISBN, page 47:

     Before Stanley, Reese's own sex games only flirted with possession, and alone with her Hitachi, images from Iris's stories kept making cameos in her fantasies.

   • 2024 August 23, Jacob Peyton, Infestation, Screaming Tiger Press:

     The longest relationship she had going right now was with her Hitachi in the drawer by her bed.

Japanese

Romanization

Hitachi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひたち