エスパー

Japanese

Etymology

From English esper. Sometimes[1] said to be wasei eigo.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) エ​スパー [éꜜsùpàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞sɨ̥ᵝpa̠ː]

Noun

エスパー • (esupā) 

  1. Synonym of 超能力者 (chōnōryokusha, “esper”).

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