ロシア

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
露西亜 (dated, rare)
露西亞
魯西亜 (dated, rare, derogatory)
魯西亞 (dated, rare, derogatory)
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ロシア (Roshia): the country of Russia shown on a globe.

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian Росси́я (Rossíja).[1][2][3]

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Proper noun

ロシア (Roshia

  1. Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
    • 1998 December 18 [1977 August 15], Fyodor Dostoyevsky with Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰 [Crime and Punishment], 10th edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:
      この(もの)(がたり)(かく)(めい)(ぜん)()(てい)(せい)ロシアにおいて退(たい)(はん)(ひん)(こん)にあけくれたぺテルブルグの(まち)()こった……
      Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen'ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……
      This story takes place on the eve of a revolution, in the town of Petersburg where there is but decadence and poverty under the rule of the Russian monarchy...

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 内閣告示第二号『外来語の表記』, 文部科学省, 1991, archived from the original on 6 January 2019:イ列・エ列の音の次のアの音に当たるものは、原則として「ア」と書く。 (As a general rule, anything that falls on the "ア"(a) syllable following the "-i" syllable or "-e" syllable is written as "ア"(a).)