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スパーク

Japanese edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English spark.[1][2][3][4]

First cited to the Gairaigo Jiten of 1914.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • Kyoto: 1:3 [LHLL-L][1][6]
  • Kagoshima: A [LLHL-L][6]

Noun edit

スパーク • (supāku) 

  1. [from 1914] a spark
  2. [from 1929] (slang) a quick glance
  3. [unknown] in a flash

Verb edit

スパークする • (supāku suru) suru (stem スパークし (supākusuru shi), past スパークした (supākusuru shita))

  1. [from 1914] to spark
  2. [from 1929] (slang) to take a quick glance

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “スパーク”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)  ‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ “スパーク”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. ^ 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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