センター
Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English center, centre.[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) センター [séꜜǹtàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5]
- IPA(key): [sẽ̞nta̠ː]
Noun
センター (rōmaji sentā)
- a center (point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle or on the surface of a sphere)
- a center (middle portion of something)
- a center (point on a line midway between the ends)
- a center (place where a function or activity occurs)
- テストセンター
- tesuto sentā
- test center
- テストセンター
- (baseball, softball) Synonym of 中堅手 (chūkenshu, “center fielder”)
Synonyms
- (point, middle portion): 中心 (chūshin), 中央 (chūō), 真ん中 (mannaka)
- (place): 会館 (kaikan), 場 (-jō)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →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