セルフィー

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Japanese

FWOTD – 31 March 2021

Etymology

Borrowing of English selfie.

Pronunciation

Noun

セルフィー • (serufī) 

  1. a selfie
    • 2015, Yumi Kuwana, はじめての今さら聞けないｽﾏﾎｶﾒﾗ入門, page 44:
      自(じ)撮(ど)りやセルフィーという言(こと)葉(ば)を耳(みみ)にする機(き)会(かい)が増(　ふ)えました。スマホの前(ぜん)面(めん)についたカメラを使(つか)って、自(じ)分(ぶん)自(じ)身(しん)を撮(さつ)影(えい)することです。
      Jidori ya serufī toiu kotoba o mimi ni suru kikai ga fuemashita. Sumaho no zenmen ni tsuita kamera o tsukatte, jibun jishin o satsuei suru koto desu.
      Recently we have increasing chance to hear the words jidori or selfie. That means that using the camera on the front of your smartphone, you take a photograph of yourself.

Synonyms

Verb

セルフィーする • (serufī suru) suru (stem セルフィーし (serufī shi), past セルフィーした (serufī shita))

  1. to take a selfie, to photograph oneself
    • 2017, Noriko_888, “Shwedagon Pagoda”, in Trip Advisor‎:
      セルフィーする家(か)族(ぞく)。楽(たの)しそうでした。
      Serufī suru kazoku. Tanoshisō deshita.
      A family taking a selfie. It looks like fun.

Synonyms

  • セルフィーを撮る serufī wo toru
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