シャープペンシル

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from sharp +‎ pencil. Name after the company Sharp, which started its business with mechanical pencils and was one of its earliest manufacturers in Japan.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) シャープペ​ンシル [shàápú péꜜǹshìrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠ːpɯ̟̊ᵝ pẽ̞ɰ̃ɕiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

シャープペンシル • (shāpu penshiru)  (counter 本)

  1. a mechanical pencil (US) / a propelling pencil (UK)

Synonyms

Descendants
  • → Korean: 샤프펜실 (syapeupensil)

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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