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サラリーマン

JapaneseEdit

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EtymologyEdit

First cited to 1924.[1]

Although often described as wasei eigo (和製英語), this appears to derive from English phrase salaried man,[1][2][3] which appears in print at least as early as 1828.

The resulting Japanese term was then re-imported into English.

Analyzable as サラリー (sararī) +‎ マン (-man).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

サラリーマン • (sararīman) 

  1. a salaryman (male office worker)

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Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • → English: salaryman
  • → Korean: 샐러리맨 (saelleorimaen)

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further readingEdit

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