キャラクター

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Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English character.

First attested in 1875.

Pronunciation

Noun

キャラクター • (kyarakutā) 

  1. character, a fictitious person or creature
    Synonym: 登場人物 (tōjō jinbutsu, literally “appearing person”, as in “appearing in this story”)
  2. personality
    Synonym: 性格 (seikaku)
    漫(まん)画(が)みたいにキャラが立(た)ってる
    manga mitai ni kyara ga tatteru
    having a distinct personality, as if they were a comic book character
    […] をするのは田(た)中(なか)さんのキャラじゃない
    o suru no wa Tanaka-san no kyara ja nai
    doing is unlike Tanaka (is not Tanaka's personality; is out of character for Tanaka)

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “キャラクター”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ “キャラクター”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ “キャラクター”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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