チップ

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tip.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) チップ (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

チップ • (chippu)

a tip; a gratuity
- 1994 September 25, Fujiko F. Fujio, のび[太](た)と[夢](む)[幻](げん)[三](さん)[剣](けん)[士](し) [Nobita and the Three Fantasy Swordsmen] (大長編ドラえもん; 14), volume 14 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 61:
  
  はい、チップ。みなさんでわけて。
  Hai, chippu. Mina-san de wakete.
  Oi, here’s a tip for everyone.
  オー、サンキューベリマッチ。
  Ō, sankyū beri matchi.
  Oh, thank you very much.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English chip.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) チップ (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

チップ • (chippu)

woodchip
- 1988, 大迫靖雄 [Yasuo OHSAKO], “ヒノキ徳利病罹病木の引張度と破面形態観察 [Fractography and Tensile Strength of "Tokkuri-byo" Disease-Infected-Hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa Sieb. et. Zucc.))]”, in 材料‎, →DOI:
  
  以(い)前(ぜん)は本(ほん)部(ぶ)分(ぶん)はチップ材(ざい)として使(し)用(よう)されるか燃(ねん)料(りょう)もしくは廃(はい)棄(き)されていた。
  Izen wa honbubun wa chippu-zai to shite shiyō sareru ka nenryō moshiku wa haiki sareteita.
  Previously, this material was mainly used for woodchips, burned as fuel, or else discarded.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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