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 光ディスク on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
ひかり
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

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Calque of English optical disc, equivalent to (hikari, light) +‎ ディスク (disuku, disc; disk).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) かりディ [hìkárí díꜜsùkù] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [çi̥ka̠ɾʲi dʲisɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

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(ひかり)ディスク (hikari disuku

  1. an optical disc