ホラー

ホラー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English horror.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ホ​ラー [hóꜜràà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][4]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɾa̠ː]

Noun

ホラー • (horā) 

1. horror (as a genre or element of fiction)

   ホラー映(えい)画(が)

   horā eiga

   a horror film

   • 2002 January 17, Sugisaki, Yukiru, “STAGE(ステージ)３(さん)　Vol.(ボリューム)５(ご)”, in D(ディー)・N(エヌ)・ANGEL(エンジェル)・ [D.N.Angel], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, →ISBN, page 10:

     映(えい)画(が)ですってぇ⁉アトラクションエリアじゃなくてムービーエリアに行(い)っちゃったの⁉大(たい)変(へん)‼もしかして　今(いま)　大(だい)人(にん)気(き)の「片(ワン)手(ハンド)」とかゆうホラームービー⁉

     Eiga desuttē⁉ Atorakushon Eria ja nakute Mūbī Eria ni itchatta no⁉ Taihen‼ Moshikashite ima daininki no “Wan Hando” toka yū horā mūbī⁉

     A movie!? They went to the Movie Area instead of the Attraction Area!? Oh no!! Is there a screening of that popular horror movie called One Hand now!?

Synonyms

• 恐(きょう)怖(ふ) (kyōfu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. “ホラー”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. “ホラー”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN