マイペース

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from my + pace[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) イペース [màípéꜜèsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ipe̞ːsɨᵝ]

Noun

マイペース • (mai pēsu) 

  1. doing something at one's own personal pace or speed (unaffected by the pacing of peers)
    マイペースで(がん)()
    mai pēsu de ganbaru
    to work at one's own speed

Adjective

マイペース • (mai pēsu) -na (adnominal マイペース (mai pēsu na na), adverbial マイペース (mai pēsu ni ni))

  1. doing something at one's own personal pace or speed (unaffected by the pacing of peers)

Conjugation

References

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