ニュアンス
Japanese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French nuance.[1][2]
First cited to ふらんす物語 (Furansu Monogatari), a 1909 book by 永井荷風 (Nagai Kafū).[2]
Some Japanese sources do not indicate a source language and only list the etymon form, as nuance.[3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- [from 1909] nuance
References
edit- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “ニュアンス”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN