カーテン
See also: ガーデン
Japanese
Etymology
Borrowing from English curtain.[1][2][3][4][5]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) カーテン [káꜜàtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][4][5]
- IPA(key): [ka̠ːtẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
カーテン (rōmaji kāten)
- a curtain (both literal, as in a window covering: “open the curtains to let in the light”, and figurative, as in a barrier: “the Iron Curtain”)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN