ライン

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ライン [ráꜜìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ĩɴ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English line.

Noun

ライン • (rain) 

1. line (path through two or more points)
2. fishing line

   ラインの強(きょう)度(ど)

   rain no kyōdo

   strength of the fishing line

3. (business) team, workgroup

   開(かい)発(はつ)ライン

   kaihatsu rain

   development team

4. line, boundary

   Synonym: 境界線 (kyōkaisen)

   微(び)妙(みょう)なライン

   bimyō na rain

   ambiguous boundary; of a grey zone

   ○○かどうか微(び)妙(みょう)なライン

   ○○ ka dō ka bimyō na rain

   difficult to say whether it is X or not

   ぎりぎりのラインを攻(せ)める

   girigiri no rain o semeru

   to repeatedly approach the boundary to unacceptability

Synonyms

• (fishing line): 釣(つ)り糸(いと) (tsuriito)

See also

• スタッフ (sutaffu)
• 線(せん) (sen, “line”)
• ライン川(がわ) (raingawa)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Korean 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), from English line.

Noun

ライン • (rain) 

1. (South Korean idol fandom) line (group of people born in a certain year; liners)