ラーメン
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ラーメン: ramen.
Japanese
Etymology 1
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| 拉麺 老麺 (obsolete) 柳麺 (obsolete) |
Borrowed from Mandarin 拉麵／拉面 (lāmiàn, literally “pulled noodles”).[1][2][3]
First cited to a text from 1930.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ラーメン or らーめん or らあめん • (rāmen)
Synonyms
Descendants
- → English: ramen
- → Korean: 라면 (ramyeon)
- → English: ramyeon
- → Russian: рамэн (ramɛn)
- → Tagalog: ramen
- → Thai: ราเม็ง (raa-meng)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
- ラーメン橋 (rāmen-kyō)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “ラー‐メン 【拉麺・柳麺】
”, 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
- ^ 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
- ^ “ラーメン”, 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
