シャワー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shower.[1]

Pronunciation

    Noun

    シャワー • (shawā) 

    1. shower (a device for bathing)
    2. shower (an instance of using this device)
      シャワーを浴(あ)びてくる。
      Shawā o abite kuru.
      I’m going to go take a shower.
    3. (physics) shower (a cascade of secondary particles produced when high-energy particles enter dense matter)
    • シャワーカーテン (shawā kāten)
    • 空気(くうき)シャワー (kūki shawā)
    • カスケードシャワー (kasukēdo shawā)

    References
    1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. 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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