Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English tour.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ツアー (tsuā

  1. a tour
Usage notes edit

Seldom used on its own. More often found in compounds, such as スキーツアー (sukī tsuā, ski tour) or パッケージツアー (pakkēji tsuā, package tour).

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English czar, from Russian царь (carʹ), ultimately from Latin Caesar (a surname).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ツアー (tsuā

  1. a czar, a tsar
Usage notes edit

Non-standard orthography. The spelling and reading ツァー (tsā) is more common for this sense.

Alternative forms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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