ニックネーム

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English nickname.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ニックネ​ーム [nìkkúnéꜜèmù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ik̚kɯ̟ᵝne̞ːmɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ニックネーム • (nikkunēmu) 

1. nickname
   • 2013 April 9, ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “17(じゅうしち)撃(げき)目(め)　手(て)合(あわ)せ”, in ONEPUNCH-MAN(【ワンパンマン】), volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 33:

     ヒーロー名(めい)簿(ぼ)……俺(おれ)はＳ(エス)級(きゅう)ランキングで先(せん)生(せい)はＣ(シー)級(きゅう)ランキングでそれぞれ最(さい)下(か)位(い)になってます　今(いま)はジェノス　サイタマと名(な)前(まえ)がそのまま記(き)載(さい)されていますがしばらく活(かつ)動(どう)すると〝ヒーローネーム〟とやらが付(つ)くようです

     Hīrō meibo……ore wa esu-kyū rankingu de sensei wa shī-kyū rankingu de sorezore saikai ni natte masu Ima wa Jenosu Saitama to namae ga sono mama kisaisarete imasu ga shibaraku katsudō-suru to〝hīrō nēmu〟to yara ga tsukuyō desu

     Here on the hero register…… I’m ranked bottom in S-class, and you’re bottom in C-class, sensei. Our names are still listed as Genos and Saitama, but we’ll probably acquire our "hero names" as we become more active.

     ヒーローネーム？なにそれ

     Hīrō nēmu? Nani sore

     Hero names? What are those?

     恐(おそ)らくは個(こ)々(こ)のヒーローの特(とく)徴(ちょう)を捉(とら)えたニックネームのようなのでしょう　俺(おれ)だったら『金(きん)髪(ぱつ)サイボーグ』とか

     Osoraku wa koko no hīrō no tokuchō o toraeta nikkunēmu no yō na no deshō Ore dattara “Kinpatsu Saibōgu” toka

     It’s likely that they’re individual nicknames that capture the heroes’ distinctiveness. For example, my name would be something like ‘Blond Cyborg’.

     おい　その名(な)付(づ)け方(かた)だと俺(おれ)は『ハゲマント』とかに

     Oi Sono nazukekata da to ore wa “Hage Manto” toka ni

     Wait, by that naming standard, mine would be ‘Caped Baldy’.

Synonyms

• 愛(あい)称(しょう) (aishō)

See also

• ネーム (nēmu)