スパーク

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English spark.[1][2][3][4]

First cited to the Gairaigo Jiten of 1914.[1]

Pronunciation
  • Kyoto: 1:3 [LHLL-L][1][6]
  • Kagoshima: A [LLHL-L][6]

Noun

スパーク • (supāku) 

  1. [from 1914] a spark
  2. [from 1929] (slang) a quick glance
  3. [unknown] in a flash

Verb

スパークする • (supāku suru) suru (stem スパークし (supāku suru shi), past スパークした (supāku suru shita))

  1. [from 1914] to spark
  2. [from 1929] (slang) to take a quick glance

References
  1. “スパーク”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. “スパーク”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  5. 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
  6. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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