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パーカ

Japanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English parka.[1][2][3][4]

First cited in 1978.[1]

The meaning has since expanded to include any hooded jacket, including lightweight sweatshirts.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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パーカ • (pāka) 

  1. [from 1978] parka
  2. [date unknown, after 1978] hoodie

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “パーカ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “パーカ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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
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