ホール

See also: ポール and ボール
㍁ U+3341, ㍁
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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ホール • (hōru) 

  1. [from 1900] a hall
  2. [from 1949] an auditorium
    Synonym: 会館 (kaikan)
  3. [from 1934] Short for ダンスホール (dancehall, “dansuhōru”).
Derived terms
  • コンサートホール (konsāto hōru)
  • ダンスホール (dansuhōru)
  • ホールスタッフ (hōru sutaffu)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ホール • (hōru) 

  1. [from 1914] (only in compounds) a hole
  2. [from 1930] (golf) a hole, a cup
    Synonym: カップ (kappu)
  3. (physics) a hole

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English whole.[2]

Adverb

ホール • (hōru) 

  1. entirely, wholly
    Synonyms: まるごと (marugoto), 全部 (zenbu)

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