Wiktionary

フラワー

Japanese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English flower.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

First attested in 1905.[5]

Noun edit

フラワー • (furawā) 

  1. [from 1905] (only in compounds) flower
    Synonym: (common term) 花 (hana)
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English flour.

Date of first use for this sense is unknown, but presumably some time after the flower sense is attested in 1905.

Noun edit

フラワー • (furawā) 

  1. (rare, only in compounds) flour
    Synonyms: (common term) 小麦粉 (komugiko, specifically wheat), 麦粉 (mugiko, usually wheat, but could be from certain other grains)

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 “フラワー”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  6. ^ “フラワー”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=フラワー&oldid=64689228"