ホール

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See also: ポール, and ボール
U+3341, ㍁
SQUARE HOORU

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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 (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 (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 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN