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バーコード (bā kōdo): a barcode.
 
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バーコード (bā kōdo): a man with a "barcode" or combover hairstyle.

Etymology

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Borrowed from English barcode.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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バーコード (bā kōdo

  1. A barcode: a set of machine-readable lines of varying width placed on products to represent pricing or other such data.
  2. (idiomatic) A combover hairstyle, from the way that sparse combed-over hair looks like a barcode.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN