キャプテン

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English captain.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

キャプテン • (kyaputen) 

  1. (naval) captain
    • 2004 September 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)十(じゅう)四(よん)訓(くん)　コスプレするなら心(こころ)まで飾(かざ)れ [Lesson 14: If You’re Gonna Cosplay, Put Your Heart into It]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 11:
      俺(おれ)達(たち)も海(かい)賊(ぞく)になりてーんだよ〰連(つ)れてってくれよ〰な？ヅラ
      Oretachi mo kaizoku ni naritē n da yo~ Tsuretette kure yo~ Na? Zura
      We wanna be pirates too~ C’mon, take us with you~ Right, Zura?
      ヅラじゃない　キャプテンカツーラだ
      Zura ja nai Kyaputen Katsūra da
      I’m not Zura, I’m Captain Katoora
  2. (sports) captain

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
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