スーパー

Japanese

Etymology

From English super, super-, from Latin super, super- (literally “over, over-”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ス​ーパー [súꜜùpàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝːpa̠ː]

Prefix

スーパー • (sūpā-) 

  1. super-

Noun

スーパー • (sūpā) 

  1. Clipping of スーパーマーケット (sūpāmāketto, “supermarket”).
    • 2013 April 7 [2012 December 9], ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “11(じゅういち)撃(げき)目(め)　強(つよ)さの秘(ひ)訣(けつ) [11th Hit: Key to Power]”, in ONEPUNCH-MAN(【ワンパンマン】) [One-Punch Man], 6th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 86:
      今日(きょう)がスーパーの特(とく)売(ばい)日(び)じゃねーか
      Kyō ga sūpā no tokubaibi ja nē ka
      Isn’t today the supermarket’s special sale day!?
  2. Clipping of スーパーインポーズ (sūpāinpōzu, “superimposed captions”).
  3. Short for スーパー受信機 (sūpā jushinki).

See also

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