未確認飛行物体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
未	確	認	飛	行	物	体
み Grade: 4	かく Grade: 5	にん Grade: 6	ひ Grade: 4	こう Grade: 2	ぶつ > ぶっ Grade: 3	たい Grade: 2
goon			kan'on		kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
未確認飛行物體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 未確認 (mikakunin, “unidentified”) +‎ 飛行 (hikō, “flying”) +‎ 物体 (buttai, “object”), calque of English unidentified flying object.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みかくにんひこーぶったい [mìkákúníń híkóó búꜜttàì] (Nakadaka – [9])
• IPA^(key): [mʲika̠kɯ̟ɲ̟iɰ̃ çi̥ko̞ː bɯ̟t̚ta̠i]

Noun

未(み)確(かく)認(にん)飛(ひ)行(こう)物(ぶっ)体(たい) • (mikakunin hikō buttai) ^{←みかくにんひかうぶつたい (mikakunin fikau bututai)?}

1. an unidentified flying object

   Synonym: UFO (yūfō)