キャプテン

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English captain.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) キャ​プテン [kyáꜜpùtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲa̠pɯ̟̊ᵝtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

キャプテン • (kyaputen) 

  1. (naval) captain
    • 2004 September 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “[第](だい)[十](じゅう)[四](よん)[訓](くん)　コスプレするなら[心](こころ)まで[飾](かざ)れ”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま), volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 11:
      俺(おれ)達(たち)も海(かい)賊(ぞく)になりてーんだよ〰連(つ)れてってくれよ〰な？ヅラ
      Oretachi mo kaizoku ni naritē n da yo~ Tsuretette kure yo~ Na? Zura
      We wanna be pirates too~ C’mon, take us with you~ Right, Zura?
      ヅラじゃない　キャプテンカツーラだ
      Zura ja nai Kyaputen Katsūra da
      I’m not Zura, I’m Captain Katoora
  2. (sports) captain

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
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