ロシア

ロシア

Japanese

Alternative spellings
露西亜 (dated, rare) 魯西亜 (dated, rare, derogatory)

ロシア (Roshia): the country of Russia shown on a globe.

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian Росси́я (Rossíja).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ロ​シア [róꜜshìà] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ɕia̠]

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Proper noun

ロシア • (Roshia) 

1. Russia
   • 1998 December 18 [Aug 15 1977], Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰 [Crime and Punishment] (fiction), 10th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:

     この物(もの)語(がたり)は革(かく)命(めい)前(ぜん)夜(や)の帝(てい)政(せい)ロシアにおいて退(たい)廃(はん)と貧(ひん)困(こん)にあけくれたぺテルブルグの町(まち)に起(お)こった……

     Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen'ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……

     This story takes place on the eve of a revolution, in the town of Petersburg where there is but decadence and poverty under the rule of the Russian monarchy...

Synonyms

• 露(ろ)国(こく) (Rokoku) (obsolete)
• 魯(ろ)国(こく) (Rokoku) (obsolete, now offensive)
• ロシヤ (Roshiya) (dated, before 1991)[5]

Derived terms

• ロシア人(じん) (Roshia-jin, “Russian person, Russian people”)
• ロシア語(ご) (Roshia-go, “Russian language”)
• ロシア連(れん)邦(ぽう) (Roshia Renpō, “Russian Federation”)

See also

• 露(ろ), ロ (Ro, abbreviation)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. 内閣告示第二号『外来語の表記』‎, 文部科学省, 1991, archived from the original on 2019-01-06, retrieved 2011-10-14: “イ列・エ列の音の次のアの音に当たるものは、原則として「ア」と書く。 (As a general rule, anything that falls on the "ア"(a) syllable following the "-i" syllable or "-e" syllable is written as "ア"(a).)”