円盤

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
えん
Grade: 1
ばん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
圓盤 (kyūjitai)

Noun

(えん)(ばん) (enban

  1. disc
    • 1933, 寺田寅彦, 自然界の縞模様:
      ガラスなどの(えん)(ばん)(ちゅう)(おう)をたたくと、それがある(せい)(すう)だけのほぼ(どう)(だい)(おうぎ)(がた)()れる。
      Garasu nado no enban no chūō o tataku to, sore ga aru seisū dake no hobo dōdai no ōgigata ni wareru.
      When you hit the center of a disc of something like glass, it will break into a regular number of fan-shaped pieces of about the same size.
    • 1999 September 23, “ディスク・マジシャン [Disk Magician]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
      (みずか)らを(えん)(ばん)(なか)(ふう)(いん)し、(こう)(げき)をするとき(じっ)(たい)()す。
      Mizukara o enban no naka ni fūin shi, kōgeki o suru toki jittai o dasu.
      It hides inside a saucer and only appears when executing an attack.
  2. (music, film, slang) disc such as CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc
    円盤(えんばん)()アニオタ
    enban o kau aniota
    otaku who buys the anime on disc

Derived terms