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Japanese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mandarin 拉麵/拉面 (lāmiàn, literally “pulled noodles”).
First cited to a text from 1930.
Pronunciation
Noun
ラーメン or らーめん or らあめん • (rāmen)
- ramen, a type of Chinese-style noodle dish
Synonyms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From German Rahmen (“frame”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ラーメン • (rāmen)
- (architecture, construction) rigid frame
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ 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