ブラッシュ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɕːɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

From English blush.

Noun

ブラッシュ • (burasshu) 

1. blusher, blush (makeup to redden cheeks)
   • 2019, “Make-up: Sanjū nen de onna no kao wa kō kawatta [Make-up: This is how women’s faces changed over thirty years]”, in Elle, page 96:

     2010(にせんじゅう) ミックスブラッシュで骨(こっ)格(かく)を意(い)識(しき)したメイク。

     Nisenjū mikkusu burasshu de kokkaku o ishiki shita meiku.

     2010: mixed blush tones for bone structure-conscious makeup

Etymology 2

From English brush.

Noun

ブラッシュ • (burasshu) 

1. (often in compounds) a brush (implement comprising bristles and a handle)

   Synonym: ブラシ (burashi)

   • 1995, Fukuchi Morisaku, Kyaria kyōiku no riron to jissen [Career education theory and practice], page 91:

     生(せい)徒(と)は,シルクスクリーン,エアブラッシュの使(し)用(よう),アニメーション,機(き)械(かい)による割(わり)付(つけ)および準(じゅん)備(び),活(かつ)字(じ)配(はい)置(ち),舞(ぶ)台(たい)装(そう)置(ち)設(せっ)計(けい),印(いん)刷(さつ)機(き)による

     Seito wa, shirukusukurīn, ea burasshu no shiyō, animēshon, kikai ni yoru waritsuke oyobi junbi, katsuji haichi, butai sōchi sekkei, insatsuki ni yoru

     Students are assigned to use silkscreen or air brush, animation, and mechanical layout, as well as preparation, text design, setting design layout, and printing

   • 2015, Tsunefuka Nobuhiko, Kore dake! Denki kairo [Just this! Electrical circuits], page 94:

     その反(はん)面(めん)、カーボンブラッシュが回(かい)転(てん)子(し)の整(せい)流(りゅう)子(し)と接(せっ)していますので、カーボンブラッシュが摩(ま)耗(もう)して減(へ)っていくという短(たん)所(しょ)があります。

     Sono hanmen, kābon burasshu ga kaitenshi no seiryūshi to sesshiteimasu no de, kābon burasshu ga mamō shite hetteiku to iu tansho ga arimasu.

     On the other hand, one shortcoming is that since the carbon brush directly contacts the commutator rotor, the carbon brush wears out.

See also

• ブラッシュアップ (burasshu appu, “brush up”)