エネルギー

エネルギー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Energie.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

First cited to 1895.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エネ​ルギー [ènéꜜrùgìì] (Nakadaka – [2])[4][5][6]
• (Tokyo) エネル​ギー [ènérúꜜgìì] (Nakadaka – [3])[4][5][6]
• IPA^(key): [e̞ne̞ɾɯ̟ᵝɡʲiː]

Noun

エネルギー • (enerugī) 

1. energy

   Synonym: (less common, from English energy) エナジー (enajī)

   • 2004 September 8, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第(だい)29(にじゅうきゅう)話(わ)　相(あい)性(しょう)がいい [Chapter 29: We Can Really Get Along]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 4, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 63:

     如(い)何(か)なる量(りょう)のエネルギー刀(とう)身(しん)から吸(きゅう)収(しゅう)し下(した)緒(お)から放(ほう)出(しゅつ)する　これが俺(おれ)の武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ソードサムライＸ(エックス)の特(とく)性(せい)

     Ika naru ryō no enerugī tōshin kara kyūshū shi shitao kara hōshutsu suru Kore ga ore no Busō Renkin Sōdo Samurai Ekkusu no tokusei

     Absorbing any amount of energy through the blade, then discharging it through the cord. That’s the special ability of my Armed Alchemy, the Sword Samurai X.

Related terms

• エネルギッシュ (enerugisshu, “energetic”)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
6. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN