Japanese edit

 シャープ on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English sharp.[2][1][3]

Adjective edit

シャープ (shāpu-na (adnominal シャープ (shāpu na na), adverbial シャープ (shāpu ni ni))

  1. sharp (physically like an edge, or visually as in an image)
    Synonyms: (physically) 鋭い (surudoi), (visually) はっきり (hakkiri)
Inflection edit

Noun edit

シャープ (shāpu

  1. (music) a sharp (sign for a sharp note on the staff)
    Synonym: 嬰記号 (ei kigō)
  2. Clipping of シャープペンシル (shāpu penshiru, mechanical pencil).

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from American English shop.

Noun edit

シャープ (shāpu

  1. (Okinawa) shop
Usage notes edit

The more common borrowed term for shop in mainland Japanese is ショップ (shoppu), and for natively derived terms, (mise).

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ シャープ”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984, see also here