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Etymology 1 edit

Alternative spellings
拉麺
老麺 (obsolete)
柳麺 (obsolete)
 
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ラーメン: ramen.

Borrowed from Mandarin 拉麵拉面 (lāmiàn, literally “pulled noodles”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1930.[1]

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ラーメン or らーめん or らあめん (rāmen

  1. ramen, a type of Chinese-style noodle dish
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  • English: ramen
  • Korean: 라면 (ramyeon)
  • Russian: рамэн (ramɛn)
  • Tagalog: ramen
  • Thai: ราเม็ง (raa-meng)

Etymology 2 edit

 
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From German Rahmen (frame).

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ラーメン (rāmen

  1. (architecture, construction) rigid frame
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  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 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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