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キャラクター

Japanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English character.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

First attested in 1875.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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キャラクター • (kyarakutā) 

  1. character, a fictitious person or creature
    Synonym: 登場人物 (tōjō jinbutsu, literally “appearing person”, as in “appearing in this story”)
    • 2024, 知的財産権 Q&A‎[4]:
      漫画(まんが)キャラクターの無断使用対策(むだんしようたいさく)
      manga kyarakutā no mudan shiyō taisaku
      countermeasures against unauthorized use of manga characters
  2. personality
    Synonym: 性格 (seikaku)
    • 2005, 野口英司、宮川典子, 青空文庫ものがたり:
      ゆるゆるとした集団(しゅうだん)で成(な)り立(た)つ青空文庫(あおぞらぶんこ)は、そこに参加(さんか)する人(ひと)のキャラクターも多彩(たさい)になる。
      Yuruyuru to shita shūdan de naritatsu aozora bunko wa, soko ni sanka suru hito no kyarakutā mo tasai ni naru.
      Aozora Bunko is based on a loose collection of people, and thus has a diverse set of personalities in its participants.
  3. (computing) character; basic element of text, letter

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “キャラクター”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “キャラクター”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ “キャラクター”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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