ヒント

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hint.[1][2][3]

First attested in 1886.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

ヒント • (hinto) 

  1. hint, clue
    ヒントを与(あた)えたら彼(かれ)は直(す)ぐ分(わ)かった
    hinto o atae tara kare wa sugu wakatta
    When the hint was given, he immediately understood it

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “ヒント”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “ヒント”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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