アメリカ

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Japanese

 アメリカ on Japanese Wikipedia
 アメリカ州 on Japanese Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English America,[1][2][3][4][5] from New Latin America f, feminine form of Americus m, Latinized form of the given name of Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512), an Italian explorer.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

アメリカ (Amerika

  1. (chiefly in compounds, due to possible ambiguity) America (one of the continents of North America or South America)
    (みなみ)アメリカ(きた)アメリカ(ちゅう)(おう)アメリカ
    Minami Amerika, Kita Amerika, Chūō Amerika
    South America, North America, Central America
    アメリカ(しゅう)
    Amerika-shū
    America; the Americas
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
    • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの(かい)(だん)”, in Q.(キュー)E.(イー)D.(ディー) (しょう)(めい)(しゅう)(りょう), volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 90:
      その(たび)アメリカ()てって(ばく)(だん)()とせってのか?
      Sono tabi ni Amerika ga dete tte bakudan otose tte no ka?
      You think America should butt in and go drop some bombs every time?
      ()たり(まえ)さ‼それが〝()(かい)(けい)(さつ)〟たるアメリカ(やく)()だろ‼
      Atarimae sa‼ Sore ga〝sekai no keisatsu〟taru Amerika no yakume daro‼
      Well, duh!! America is the "world police" after all!!
    • 1998 November 30 [1990 November 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび()とアニマル惑星(プラネット) (大長編ドラえもん; 10), 22nd edition, volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 27:
      ねえねえ、(いま)()()みた⁉
      Nē nē, ima no chizu mita⁉
      Hey look, isn’t that a map!?
      みた!いったいここはなんという(くに)だろう。
      Mita! Ittai koko wa nan to iu kuni darō.
      It is! And what country is this anyway?
      クニ?クニってなあに。
      Kuni? Kuni tte nāni.
      Country? What’s a country?
      アメリカとか(ちゅう)(ごく)とかいろいろあるじゃない。
      Amerika toka Chūgoku toka iroiro aru ja nai.
      There are countries like America and China, aren’t there?
      ぼくらは(にっ)(ぽん)からきたんだけど…。
      Bokura wa Nippon kara kitan dakedo….
      We’re from Japan, by the way….
      ニッポン?きいたことない。
      Nippon? Kiita koto nai.
      “Japan”? I’ve never heard of that before.
    • 2003 August 31 [2001 December 24], Reiko Shimizu, “秘密 THE TOP SECRET(トップ・シークレット) 1999”, in 秘密 THE TOP SECRET(トップ・シークレット), 12th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 9:
      ワシントン リンカーン ケネディ ビル・クリントン そして(いま) ジョン・(ビー)・リード‼ (せい)(れん)(けっ)(ぱく)(せい)()(ひと)————()(てん)のない(ところ)(さい)(だい)()(てん)といわれる(ほど)クリーンな(だい)57(ごじゅうしち)(だい)アメリカ(だい)(とう)(りょう)
      Washinton Rinkān Kenedi Biru Kurinton Soshite ima Jon Bī Rīdo‼ Seiren keppaku seigi no hito————Oten no nai tokoro ga saidai no oten to iwareru hodo kurīn na daigojūshichi-dai Amerika Daitōryō
      Washington. Lincoln. Kennedy. Bill Clinton. And now, John B. Reed!! The man of impartiality, uprightness and justice. — When talking about the 57th President of the United States, it’s no exaggeration to say that his only flaw is that he has none.

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ 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