コール天
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
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| 天 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
Etymology
Compound of コール (kōru, “corded”) + 天 (ten), the latter an abbreviation of 天鵞絨 (tengajū, “velvet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Synonyms
- コーデュロイ (kōdyuroi)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third 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