デビュー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from French début.[1]

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) デ​ビュー [déꜜbyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
    • IPA(key): [de̞bʲɨᵝː]

    Noun

    デビュー • (debyū) 

    1. a debut
    2. (by extension) getting started
      ロリィタデビュー
      rorīta debyū
      getting started with Lolita fashion

    Usage notes

    デビュー is narrower in meaning than 台頭 or 登場, and is generally limited to describing someone making an appearance for the first time.

    Synonyms

    Verb

    デビューする • (debyū suru) suru (stem デビューし (debyū suru shi), past デビューした (debyū suru shita))

    1. to make a debut, to come out for the first time

    Usage notes

    デビュー is narrower in meaning than 台頭 or 登場, and is generally limited to describing someone making an appearance for the first time.

    Conjugation
    Conjugation of "デビューする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
    Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
    Mizenkei ("imperfective") デビューし debyū shi
    Ren’yōkei ("continuative") デビューし debyū shi
    Shūshikei ("terminal") デビューする debyū suru
    Rentaikei ("attributive") デビューする debyū suru
    Kateikei ("hypothetical") デビューすれ debyū sure
    Meireikei ("imperative") デビューせよ¹
    デビューしろ²    		 debyū seyo¹
    debyū shiro²
    Key constructions
    Passive デビューされる debyū sareru
    Causative デビューさせる
    デビューさす    		 debyū saseru
    debyū sasu
    Potential デビューできる debyū dekiru
    Volitional デビューしよう debyū shiyō
    Negative デビューしない debyū shinai
    Negative continuative デビューせず debyū sezu
    Formal デビューします debyū shimasu
    Perfective デビューした debyū shita
    Conjunctive デビューして debyū shite
    Hypothetical conditional デビューすれば debyū sureba
    ¹ Written imperative

    ² Spoken imperative

    Synonyms

    References
    1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →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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