センター

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English center, centre.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

センター • (sentā) 

  1. a center (point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle or on the surface of a sphere)
  2. a center (middle portion of something)
  3. a center (point on a line midway between the ends)
  4. a center (place where a function or activity occurs)
    テストセンター ― tesuto sentā ― test center
  5. (baseball, softball) Synonym of 中堅手 (chūkenshu, “center fielder”)
  6. Ellipsis of センターポジション (sentā pojishon, “member in an idol group who is the center of focus”).

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • センター試(し)験(けん) (sentā shiken)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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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