スーパーマン

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Japanese

 スーパーマン on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English Superman.

Proper noun

スーパーマン • (Sūpāman) 

  1. Superman
    • 1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “わが子・スーパーマン [My Son Is Superman]”, 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, 第二章, page 473:
      重(じゅう)大(だい)な問(もん)題(だい)だ　もっとこっちへ　いいか驚(おどろ)くな！気(き)をたしかにもって聞(き)いてくれよ　ウチのタダシはな……スーパーマンだ‼
      Jūdai na mondai da Motto kotchi e Ii ka odoroku na! Ki o tashika ni motte kiite kure yo Uchi no Tadashi wa na…… Sūpāman da‼
      Come closer, I have something very important to tell you. This will shock you! So listen very carefully. Our son Tadashi… is Superman!!
    • 1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “第一話　スーパーマン襲名 [Chapter 1: Taking on the Mantle of Superman]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 3), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章　中年スーパーマン左江内氏, page 365:
      あたしやスーパーマンです　あんたをスーパーマンにするためつけまわしておるのです
      Atashi ya Sūpāman desu Anta o Sūpāman ni suru tame tsukemawashite oru no desu
      I am Superman. I am here to help you be Superman, too.
    • 1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “第二話　中年はもてる…か？ [Chapter 2: Can a Middle-Aged Man Still Be… Attractive?]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 3), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章　中年スーパーマン左江内氏, pages 382–383:
      スーパーマンの超(ちょう)能(のう)力(りょく)の一(ひと)つに透(とう)視(し)力(りょく)もあるのだ　必(ひつ)要(よう)に応(おう)じ何(なん)段(だん)階(かい)にも透(とう)視(し)できる
      Sūpāman no chōnōryoku no hitotsu ni tōshiryoku mo aru no da Hitsuyō ni ōji nandankai ni mo tōshi dekiru
      One of Superman’s powers is X-ray vision. I can see through at whatever level I want.

Etymology 2

From English superman.

Noun

スーパーマン • (sūpāman) 

  1. Synonym of 超人 (chōjin, “superman”) (person of extraordinary or superhuman powers)

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