カルチャー

Japanese

Etymology

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

First attested in 1893.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) カ​ルチャー [káꜜrùchàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][4]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕa̠ː]

Noun

カルチャー • (karuchā) 

  1. [from 1893] culture
    Synonym: (more common) 文化 (bunka, “culture”)
    オタクカルチャー
    otaku karuchā
    otaku culture

References
  1. “カルチャー”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. “カルチャー”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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