モチーフ

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Japanese

 モチーフ on Japanese Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French motif.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

モチーフ • (mochīfu) 

  1. a motif
    • 2012 June 1, “Ａ(アーリー)・Ｏ(オブ)・Ｊ(ジャスティス) クラウソラス [Arly of Justice Claiomh Solais]”, in デュエル(DUEL)ターミナル(TERMINAL)　クロニクルⅠ(いち)　覚醒の章 [Duel Terminal: Chronicle I: Chapter of Awakening], Konami:
      霞の谷(ミスト・バレー)に生(せい)息(そく)するモンスター、クラウソラスをモチーフに開(かい)発(はつ)された対(たい)外(がい)敵(てき)用(よう)戦(せん)闘(とう)兵(へい)器(き)。上(じょう)空(くう)からの奇(き)襲(しゅう)で敵(てき)を翻(ほん)弄(ろう)する。
      Misuto Barē ni seisoku suru monsutā, Kurausorasu o mochīfu ni kaihatsu sareta taigaitekiyō sentō heiki. Jōkū kara no kishū de teki o honrō suru.
      A monster inhabiting the Mist Valley, and a weapon against external forces, designed based on a Claiomhsolais motif. It toys with its enemies with surprise strikes from the air.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “モチーフ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ “モチーフ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  4. ^ 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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