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てん
Grade: 1

Etymology edit

Compound of コール (kōru, corded) +‎ (ten), the latter an abbreviation of 天鵞絨 (tengajū, velvet).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

コール(てん) (kōruten

  1. corduroy

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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