ヒップ

Japanese

Etymology

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

First attested in 1930.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ヒップ • (hippu) 

  1. [from 1930] (fashion) hip size
    Synonym: 腰回り (koshimawari)
  2. [from 1930] butt, buttocks, bottom
    Synonyms: お尻 (oshiri), 腰回り (koshimawari), 腰 (koshi)

References
  1. “ヒップ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “ヒップ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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