See also: レズビアン

Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English lesbian[1] or English Lesbian.[2][3]

First cited to a text from the early 1930s.[3]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

レスビアン (resubian

  1. [from early 1930s] Alternative form of レズビアン (rezubian, lesbian)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ レスビアン”, in デジタル大辞泉[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 レスビアン”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000