モンスター

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Japanese

 モンスター on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From English monster.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

モンスター • (monsutā) 

  1. Synonym of 怪物 (kaibutsu, “monster”)
    • 1999 February 4, “ララ・ライウーン [Rara Rai-Oon]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
      電(でん)気(き)を帯(お)びた雲(くも)形(がた)のモンスター。何(なん)でも溶(と)かす危(き)険(けん)な雨(あめ)を降(ふ)らせる。
      Denki o obita kumogata no monsutā. Nandemo tokasu kiken na ame o furaseru.
      A cloud-shaped monster charged with electricity. It also pours hazardous acidic rain.
    • 2002 October 9, Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)261(にひゃくろくじゅういち)　憎(にく)しみの先(さき)へ‼ [Battle 261: Past Hatred!!]”, in 遊(ゆう)☆戯(ぎ)☆王(おう) [King of Games], volume 30 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      遊(ゆう)戯(ぎ)！貴(き)様(さま)の場(フィールド)にはモンスターは二(に)体(たい)…
      Yūgi! Kisama no fīrudo ni wa monsutā wa nitai…
      Yūgi! There are only two monsters on your field…

References

  1. ^ “モンスター”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. ^ “モンスターPaid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  3. ^ 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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