ミルク

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English milk.[1][2][3]

First cited in the 1870s.[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ミルク • (miruku) 

  1. (commercially sold) milk, usually cow's milk
    Synonyms: 牛乳 (gyūnyū, “cow's milk”), お乳 (ochichi, “milk (of mammals)”)
    私(わたし)はミルクを飲(の)む。
    Watashi wa miruku o nomu.
    I drink milk.
    私(わたし)はミルクを飲(の)んでいた。
    Watashi wa miruku o nondeita.
    I was drinking milk.
  2. dairy products such as condensed milk or powdered milk

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “ミルク”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “ミルク”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. ^ 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
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