Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English culture.[1][2][3]

First attested in 1893.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

カルチャー (karuchā

  1. [from 1893] culture
    Synonym: (more common) 文化 (bunka, culture)
    オタクカルチャー
    otaku karuchā
    otaku culture

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 カルチャー”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ カルチャー”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN