アスファルト

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Japanese

アスファルト on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from English asphalt.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) アスファルト (Nakadaka – )
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Noun

アスファルト • (asufaruto)

asphalt
- 1995, “TOMORROW”, 岡本真夜, 真名杏樹 (lyrics), performed by 岡本真夜:
  
  涙(なみだ)の数(かず)だけ強(つよ)くなれるよ　アスファルトに咲(さ)く　花(はな)のように
  Namida no kazu dake tsuyoku nareru yo asufaruto ni saku hana no yō ni
  Like flowers blooming on the asphalt, you can become stronger by merely the number of your tears
- 2004 September 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)十(じゅう)七(しち)訓(くん)　酔(よ)ってなくても酔(よ)ったふりして上(じょう)司(し)のヅラ取(と)れ [Lesson 17: Even If You’re Not Drunk, Pretend to Be, and Snatch Your Boss’s Toupée]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  
  アスファルトの上(うえ)だろーとどこだろーと構(かま)いませんぜ　酒(さけ)のためなら　アスファルトに咲(さ)く花(はな)のよーになれますぜ！
  Asufaruto no ue darō to doko darō to kamaimasen ze Sake no tame nara asufaruto ni saku hana no yō ni naremasu ze!
  We can sit on the asphalt for all we care. We can get used to that like flowers blooming from the asphalt, for sake’s sake!

Derived terms

Derived terms

アスファルトコンクリート (asufarutokonkurīto)
アスファルトジャングル (asufarutojanguru)

References

^ 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

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