ようつべ

Japanese

ようつべ (Yōtsube): the YouTube logo.

Etymology

From English YouTube, by directly typing "youtube" as rōmaji and converting to kana via a Japanese IME.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーつべ [yòótsúbé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːt͡sɨbe̞]

Proper noun

ようつべ • (Yōtsube) 

1. (slang) YouTube

   2014, 「[…] ようつべで見(み)たことある」

   “[…] Yōtsube de mita koto aru”

   “[…] I’ve seen it on YouTube.”

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See also

• ちょろめ (Chorome, “Chrome”)