ゴジラ
Japanese
Etymology
Blend of ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) + 鯨 (kujira, “whale”). Popularized by the 1954 movie of the same name.[1][2][3][4][5]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡo̞ʑiɾa̠]
Proper noun
ゴジラ • (Gojira)
- Godzilla
Descendants
- → English: Godzilla
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
- “ゴジラ”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
- “ゴジラ”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984