バイオリン

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バイオリン (baiorin): a violin.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English violin.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

バイオリン (baiorin

  1. (music) a violin

Usage notes

The ヴァイオリン (vaiorin) spelling is less common, in part because the /v/ sound does not exist in native Japanese terms, and many Japanese speakers find this difficult to pronounce.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN