フラワー

フラワー

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) フラ​ワー [fùráꜜwàà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɰᵝa̠ː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English flower.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

First attested in 1905.[5]

Noun

フラワー • (furawā) 

1. [from 1905] (only in compounds) flower

   Synonym: (common term) 花 (hana)

See also

• 花(はな) (hana)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English flour.

Date of first use for this sense is unknown, but presumably some time after the flower sense is attested in 1905.

Noun

フラワー • (furawā) 

1. (rare, only in compounds) flour

   Synonyms: (common term) 小麦粉 (komugiko, specifically wheat), 麦粉 (mugiko, usually wheat, but could be from certain other grains)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
5. “フラワー”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
6. “フラワー”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months