ホール

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See also: ポール and ボール
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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ホール • (hōru) 

  1. a hall
  2. an auditorium
    Synonym: 会館 (kaikan)
  3. Short for ダンスホール (dancehall, “dansuhōru”).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ホール • (hōru) 

  1. (only in compounds) a hole
  2. (golf) a hole, a cup
    Synonym: カップ (kappu)
  3. (physics) a hole

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English whole.[2]

Adverb

ホール • (hōru) 

  1. entirely, wholly
    Synonyms: まるごと (marugoto), 全部 (zenbu)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “ホール”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “ホール”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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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