ツアー

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tour.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ツアー • (tsuā) 

  1. a tour
Usage notes

Seldom used on its own. More often found in compounds, such as スキーツアー (sukī tsuā, “ski tour”) or パッケージツアー (pakkēji tsuā, “package tour”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English czar, from Russian царь (carʹ), ultimately from Latin Caesar (a surname).

Pronunciation

Noun

ツアー • (tsuā) 

  1. a czar, a tsar
Usage notes

Non-standard orthography. The spelling and reading ツァー (tsā) is more common for this sense.

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
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