キューポラ

Japanese

Alternative forms

キュポラ (kyupora)

Etymology

Borrowed from English cupola.[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) キューポラ [kyùúpórá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) キューポラ [kyúꜜùpòrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːpo̞ɾa̠]

Noun

キューポラ • (kyūpora)

cupola
Synonym: 溶銑炉 (yōsenro)

キューポラのある街(まち)
Kyūpora no aru machi
Foundry Town
(literally, “A town with cupolas”)
- 1931, Unno Jūza, Robot Satsugai Jiken‎:
  
  製(せい)鉄(てつ)所(じょ)の建(たて)物(もの)は今(いま)猛(もう)火(か)につつまれています。キューポラは爆(ばく)発(はつ)して熔(よう)鉄(てつ)が五(ご)百(ひゃく)米(メートル)四(し)方(ほう)にとび散(ち)ったということです。
  Seitetsujo no tatemono wa ima mōka ni tsutsumarete imasu. Kyūpora wa bakuhatsu shite yōtetsu ga gohyaku mētoru shihō ni tobichitta to iu koto desu.
  A building of the ironworks is now engulfed in roaring flames. The cupola exploded and molten steel flew in a 500 meter all directions.

References

Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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