Japanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English journal.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ジャーナル (jānaru

  1. journal (newspaper or magazine)
    • 1952, 三好十郎, 抵抗のよりどころ:
      それは(ぜん)()のとおりジャーナル(いっ)(ぱん)()(きょく)()(がい)しているためもあるが、(いっ)(ぽう)(えん)(げき)(けい)(ざい)(てき)になりたっていないためでもあります。
      Sore wa zenki no tōri jānaru ippan ga gikyoku o sogai shiteiru tame mo aru ga, ippō, engeki ga keizaiteki ni naritatte inai tame de mo arimasu.
      As mentioned earlier, it was partly because your typical news journals were abandoning plays, but also because theaters were becoming economically infeasible.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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