マフラー

Japanese

マフラー (mafurā): a woman wearing a plaid muffler or scarf.
マフラー (mafurā): a muffler (the silver portion) on a motorcycle.

Etymology

Borrowing from English muffler.[1][2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation

Noun

マフラー • (mafurā)  (counter , )

  1. (clothing) a scarf, a muffler (a neckwarmer)
  2. (automotive) a muffler (a device attached to a vehicle's exhaust to reduce the sound)

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, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →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 (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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