ニュアンス

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from French nuance.[1][2]

First cited to ふらんす物語 (Furansu Monogatari), a 1909 book by 永井荷風 (Nagai Kafū).[2]

Some Japanese sources do not indicate a source language and only list the etymon form, as nuance.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

ニュアンス • (nyuansu) 

  1. nuance

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “ニュアンス”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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