ワクチン

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vakzin.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ワ​クチン [wáꜜkùchìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕĩɴ]

Noun

ワクチン • (wakuchin) 

  1. (immunology) vaccine
  2. (dated) Clipping of ワクチンソフトウェア (wakuchin sofutowea, “antivirus software”).

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. 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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