レッテル

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Japanese

Etymology

From Dutch letter.

Pronunciation

Noun

レッテル • (retteru) 

  1. label
    レッテル印(いん)刷(さつ)
    retteru insatsu
    label printing
  2. (figurative) "label" applied to an individual
    「変(へん)態(たい)」のレッテル
    “hentai” no retteru
    labelling as a pervert
    右(う)翼(よく)のレッテルを貼(は)られる
    uyoku no retteru o harareru
    to be labelled as a rightist

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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