マニュアル

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Japanese

Etymology

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

First cited in 1912.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

マニュアル (manyuaru

  1. a manual book or booklet
    Synonyms: 手引き書 (tebikisho), 解説書 (kaisetsusho)
  2. a manual transmission
    Synonym: 手動 (shudō)

Adjective

マニュアル (manyuaru-na (adnominal マニュアル (manyuaru na), adverbial マニュアル (manyuaru ni))

  1. manual (performed by a human rather than a machine)

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ マニュアル”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 マニュアル”, 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