Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English cushion, from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (seat pad), from Latin coxa (hip, thigh), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (joint).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

クッション (kusshon

  1. cushion

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN