ガラス

See also: カラス

Japanese

Alternative spelling
硝子

ガラス: a broken pane of safety glass

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch glas. Doublet of グラス.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ガラス [gàrású] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ɾa̠sɨ]

Noun

ガラス • (garasu) 

1. glass (substance)

Synonyms

• 玻(は)璃(り) (hari, “crystal, glass”)
• (archaic) ビードロ (bīdoro)

Derived terms

• ガラス体(たい) (garasutai, “vitreous body”)

Related terms

• グラス (gurasu, “glass (cup)”)