Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English drive.[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1910.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ドライブ (doraibu

  1. [from 1910] driving (a car etc.), (especially) for personal entertainment; going out for a drive
    Hypernym: 運転 (unten, driving)
  2. [from 1923] (sports) a drive: a hit causing the ball to move in a flat trajectory, as in tennis or baseball
  3. [from ???] (computing) a drive (storage medium)
    ()(どう)ドライブ
    kidō doraibu
    startup drive

Related terms edit

Verb edit

ドライブする (doraibu surusuru (stem ドライブ (doraibusuru shi), past ドライブした (doraibusuru shita))

  1. [from 1910] to go for a drive
  2. [from 1923] (sports) to drive: to hit the ball in a flat trajectory, as in tennis or baseball

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 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