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コンプレックス

Japanese edit

 コンプレックス on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From German Komplex[1] or English complex.[1][2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

コンプレックス • (konpurekkusu) 

  1. (psychology) a complex
    マザーコンプレックス
    mazākonpurekkusu
    Oedipus complex
    ロリータ・コンプレックス
    rorīta konpurekkusu
    Lolita complex
  2. (informal) insecurity
    貧(ひん)乳(にゅう)に対(たい)してコンプレックスを抱(いだ)く
    hinnyū ni taishite konpurekkusu o idaku
    to be insecure about one's flat chest
    優(ゆう)秀(しゅう)な兄(あ)に対(にたい)してコンプレックスを抱(いだ)く
    yūshū na ani ni taishite konpurekkusu o idaku
    to feel insecure because of one's star brother

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References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ 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
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