K点

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
点
てん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
K點 (kyūjitai)
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K点 (kei-ten): the red critical point marks the steepest point on the ski jumping hill.

Etymology

Compound of K (kei, “the letter "K"”) +‎ 点 (ten, “point”), calque of German K-Punkt, ultimately from either German kritischer Punkt or Konstruktionspunkt.

Pronunciation

Noun

K(ケイ)点(てん) • (kei-ten) 

  1. (skiing) a K-point, a construction point, a critical point
    • 2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)六(ろく)訓(くん)　忘(ぼう)年(ねん)会(かい)でも忘(わす)れちゃいけないものがある ”, in (ぎん)(たま) , volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      ちょっ… ちょっと待(ま)ってくれ　俺(おれ)コレもしかして… ジャンプで Ｋ(ケー)点(てん)超(こ)えたァァァァ‼
      Cho'… Chotto matte kure Ore kore moshi ka shite… Janpu de kē-ten koetaaaaa‼
      Wai... Wait a damn sec. Could I have... jumped past the freaking K-point this time!?

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ “K点”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
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