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Japanese
Etymology
Clipping of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation.[1][2][3][4]
Not directly related to French animé (“animated”).
Pronunciation
Noun
アニメ • (anime)
- (animation, anime) anime, Japanese animation
- (animation) an animation, a cartoon
- テレビアニメ
- terebi anime
- a TV cartoon, an animated TV show
Usage notes
All animated works in general are called アニメ in Japanese. In other countries, especially Western ones, the romanization anime is typically used for animation produced primarily for the Japanese market.
Descendants
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN