センター
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Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English center, centre.[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation
Noun
- a center (point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle or on the surface of a sphere)
- a center (middle portion of something)
- a center (point on a line midway between the ends)
- a center (place where a function or activity occurs)
- テストセンター ― tesuto sentā ― test center
- (baseball, softball) Synonym of 中堅手 (chūkenshu, “center fielder”)
- Ellipsis of センターポジション (sentā pojishon, “member in an idol group who is the center of focus”).
Synonyms
Derived terms
- センター試験 (sentā shiken)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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