スキンシップ

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from skin +‎ -ship;[1] possibly by analogy with English kinship

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) スキンシ​ップ [sùkíńshíꜜppù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [sɨ̥ᵝkʲĩɰ̃ɕi̥p̚pɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

スキンシップ • (sukinshippu) 

  1. skinship (bonding through physical contact)

Descendants
  • → English: skinship (calque)
  • → Korean: 스킨십 (seukinsip)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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