マスター

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English master.[1] Doublet of マエストロ (maesutoro).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ター [máꜜsùtàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠sɨ̥ᵝta̠ː]

Noun

マスター • (masutā) 

  1. a manager; a barkeeper, a landlord (of a pub); a storekeeper, shopkeeper; an owner
  2. a master (a person with a master's degree)
    1. a master's degree
  3. a master (a person in charge; a skilled person)
  4. a master (owner of an animal, slave, or maid or butler)

Synonyms

Verb

マスターする • (masutā suru) suru (stem マスター (masutā suru shi), past マスターした (masutā suru shita))

  1. to master (to acquire complete knowledge or skill (in something))

Conjugation

References

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