イブ

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Clipping of クリスマスイブ, from English Christmas Eve.

Pronunciation

Noun

イブ • (ibu) 

  1. Clipping of クリスマスイブ (“Christmas Eve”).
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      25(にじゅうご)日(にち)は授(じゅ)業(ぎょう)だよ！！よい子(こ)はイブも予(よ)習(しゅう)だよ
      Nijūgo-nichi wa jugyō da yo!! Yoi ko wa ibu mo yoshū da yo
      We still have classes on the 25th! Good children need to study, even on Christmas Eve!

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

イブ • (Ibu) 

  1. Alternative form of イヴ (Ivu, “Eve”) (the first woman)
    • 1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “神さまごっこ [God Simulator]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 143:
      きみたちをアダムとイブと名(な)づける　ぼくがきみたちをこさえたんだからね　この楽(らく)園(えん)で自(じ)由(ゆう)に楽(たの)しくくらしなさい　ひとつだけ注(ちゅう)意(い)しておく　この木(き)の実(み)だけは絶(ぜっ)対(たい)に食(た)べてはいけない　これは知(ち)恵(え)の木(き)の実(み)といって　おいこら聞(き)いてるのか
      Kimi-tachi o Adamu to Ibu to nazukeru Boku ga kimi-tachi o kosaeta n da kara ne Kono rakuen de jiyū ni tanoshiku kurashinasai Hitotsu dake chūi shite oku Kono ki no mi dake wa zettai ni tabete wa ikenai Kore wa chie no ki no mi to itte Oi kora kiiteru no ka
      I’ll call you two Adam and Eve. I’m the one who created you. Feel free to enjoy your lives here in Paradise. One thing, though. You must not eat fruit from this tree. This is the fruit of wisdom. Hey, are you listening to what I'm saying?
    • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 184:
      クラン達(たち)にとってエバは創(そう)造(ぞう)主(しゅ)　そのエバ（イブ）の子(し)孫(そん)がヤコブだろ
      Kuran-tachi ni totte Eba wa Sōzōshu Sono Eba (Ibu) no shison ga Yakobu daro
      Eva would’ve been the Creator to the Clans. And Jacob was one of Eva (Eve)’s descendants.
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