ケチャップ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English ketchup.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ケチャ​ップ [kècháꜜppù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ケ​チャップ [kéꜜchàppù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞t͡ɕa̠p̚pɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ケチャップ • (kechappu) 

1. ketchup
   • 2008 April 8, Gosho Aoyama, “FILE(ファイル).２(に)　瞬(しゅん)間(かん)移(い)動(どう)”, in [名](めい)[探](たん)[偵](てい)コナン, volume 61 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 13:

     その中(なか)にハンバーガーを持(も)っていた方(かた)がいて…その方(かた)を止(と)めようとした時(とき)に運悪(うんわる)くケチャップが手(て)についてしまい…そのケチャップ塗(まみ)れの手(て)でつかんだんですよ！キッドが展(てん)示(じ)台(だい)から消(き)える時(とき)に逃(に)げられまいと彼(かれ)のマントを！

     Sono naka ni hanbāgā o motte ita kata ga ite… Sono kata o tomeyō to shita toki ni un waruku kechappu ga te ni tsuite shimai… Sono kechappu mamire no te de tsukanda n desu yo! Kiddo ga tenjidai kara kieru toki ni nigeraremai to kare no manto o!

     One of them was holding a hamburger… And I unfortunately got some ketchup on my hand when I tried to block him… And then I grabbed Kid’s cape with that ketchup-covered hand to keep him from escaping when he was about to vanish from the exhibition stand!