Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English account.[1][2]

First cited to a dictionary of loanwords from 1914.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

アカウント (akaunto

  1. (computing) account
    Synonym: (slang) (aka)
  2. (accounting, uncommon) account [from 1914]
    Synonyms: 勘定 (kanjō), 口座 (kōza)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN