Japanese

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 シルフ on Japanese Wikipedia
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English sylph.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾɯ̟ᵝɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

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シルフ (shirufu

  1. a sylph (the elemental being of air)
    • 2004 March 10, Kozue Amano, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)18(じゅうはち) (そら)(およ)(さかな) [Navigation 18: A Fish That Swims in the Sky]”, in ARIA(アリア) (ARIA(アリア)) [ARIA], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 86:
      風追配達人(シルフ)はお(とど)(もの)()(かん)(げん)(しゅ)(だい)(いち)なのに (こま)った()(たい)になったのだ
      Shirufu wa otodoke mono no jikan genshu ga daīchi nano ni komatta jitai ni natta no da
      Sylphs are first and foremost supposed to adhere to strict delivery time, and yet this happened

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