Japanese edit

 
A piece of text with kana in the "antique" typeface and kanji in gothic (sans serif)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French antique.[1][2][3][4]

First cited to 1930.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

アンチック (anchikku

  1. [from 1930] (typography) antique: a typeface featuring kana in serif Mincho type (with slightly heavier weight) and kanji in sans serif Gothic type, typically used for normal dialog in manga
  2. [from 1973] alternative form of アンティーク (antīku): an antique

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 アンチック”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ アンチック”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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