シャープペンシル

Japanese edit

 シャープペンシル on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from sharp +‎ pencil. Name after the company Sharp, which started its business with mechanical pencils and was one of its earliest manufacturers in Japan.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) シャンシル [shàápú péꜜǹshìrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠ːpɯ̟̊ᵝ pẽ̞ɰ̃ɕiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

シャープペンシル (shāpu penshiru (counter )

  1. a mechanical pencil (US) / a propelling pencil (UK)

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Korean: 샤프펜실 (syapeupensil)

References edit

  1. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN