キャラクター

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Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English character.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

First attested in 1875.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

キャラクター • (kyarakutā) 

  1. character, a fictitious person or creature
    Synonym: 登場人物 (tōjō jinbutsu, literally “appearing person”, as in “appearing in this story”)
    • 2024, 知的財産権 Q&A‎:
      漫画(まんが)キャラクターの無断使用対策(むだんしようたいさく)
      manga kyarakutā no mudan shiyō taisaku
      countermeasures against unauthorized use of manga characters
  2. personality
    Synonym: 性格 (seikaku)
    • 2005, 野口英司、宮川典子, 青空文庫ものがたり:
      ゆるゆるとした集団(しゅうだん)で成(な)り立(た)つ青空文庫(あおぞらぶんこ)は、そこに参加(さんか)する人(ひと)のキャラクターも多彩(たさい)になる。
      Yuruyuru to shita shūdan de naritatsu aozora bunko wa, soko ni sanka suru hito no kyarakutā mo tasai ni naru.
      Aozora Bunko is based on a loose collection of people, and thus has a diverse set of personalities in its participants.
  3. (computing) character; basic element of text, letter

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “キャラクター”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “キャラクター”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ “キャラクター”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  8. ^ 塩田 雄大 (2016 October 1) “外来語のアクセントの現況 ～在来語化する外来語～”, in NHKアクセント辞典“新辞典”への大改訂‎ (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, Inc., archived from the original on 2024-07-23
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