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アナ

Japanese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Clipping of アナウンサー (anaunsā, “announcer”), itself a borrowing from English announcer.[3][4][1][2]

Appears in texts from 1933.[3]

Noun edit

アナ • (ana) 

  1. clipping of アナウンサー (anaunsā, “a media announcer, a TV or radio presenter”)

Suffix edit

アナ • (-ana) 

  1. Honorific used for news announcers.
    山(やま)田(だ)アナ
    Yamada-ana
    Announcer Yamada

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of either アナーキスト (anākisuto), from English anarchist, or アナーキズム (anākizumu), from English anarchism.[3][4][1][2]

Appears in texts from 1948.[3]

Noun edit

アナ • (ana) 

  1. clipping of アナーキスト (anākisuto, “an anarchist”)
  2. clipping of アナーキズム (anākizumu, “anarchism”)
    アナ・ボル論(ろん)争(そう)
    Ana Boru Ronsō
    the Anarchist–Bolshevist dispute (a political controversy in Japan in 1922)
Coordinate terms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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