スペシャリスト
Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English specialist.[1][2][3]
First attested in 1939.[3]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) スペシャリスト [s
ùpésháríꜜsùtò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][4] - IPA(key): [sɨ̥ᵝpe̞ɕa̠ɾʲisɨ̥ᵝto̞]
Noun
スペシャリスト • (supesharisuto)
- [from 1939] a specialist, an expert
- Synonym: 専門家 (senmonka)
- 1987 July 4, “Kono hito: Shanghai kagakujustu daigaku de Nihon no seiji, keizai o kōgi suru Yamamoto Osamu [This person: Shanghai technical university lecturer on Japan's politics and economy Yamamoto Osamu]”, in Chunichi Shimbun, page 2:
- 「本当に光栄。 […] 進修班は、 技術者らを対象に日本語のスペシャリストを養うのが狙いで、 精いっぱいお手伝いしたい」と話し、十月の初講義が待ち遠しそう。
- “Hontō ni kōei. […] Shinshūban wa, gijutsushara o taishō ni Nihongo no supesharisuto o yashinau no ga nerai de, seīppai o-tetsudai shitai” to hanashi, jūgatsu no hatsu kōgi ga machidōshisō.
- “It's truly an honor. […] Shih Chien aims to produce engineers who are Japanese-language specialists, and I want to help all I can,” he said, looking forward to teaching from the beginning of October.
- 「本当に光栄。 […] 進修班は、 技術者らを対象に日本語のスペシャリストを養うのが狙いで、 精いっぱいお手伝いしたい」と話し、十月の初講義が待ち遠しそう。
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “スペシャリスト”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- “スペシャリスト”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →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