バス

See also: ハズ and パス

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bus.[2][3]

Noun

バス • (basu) 

  1. (vehicles) bus
  2. (computing) bus
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • バスガイド (basu gaido, “bus conductress”)
  • バスターミナル (basu tāminaru, “bus terminal”)
  • バス代(だい) (basu-dai, “bus fare”)
  • バス停(てい) (basu-tei, “bus stop”)
  • バスマウス (basu mausu, “bus mouse”)
  • バスレーン (basu rēn, “bus lane”)
  • バス路(ろ)線(せん) (basu rosen, “bus route”)
  • 路(ろ)線(せん)バス (rosen basu, “route bus”)
Descendants
  • → Hakka: 巴士 (pa-sṳ́)
  • → Hokkien: 巴士 (bá-suh)
  • → Kavalan: basu
  • → Sakizaya: basu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bath.[2][3]

Noun

バス • (basu) 

  1. bath
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • バスタオル (basu taoru, “bath towel”)
  • バスタブ (basutabu, “bathtub”)
  • バスルーム (basurūmu, “bathroom”)
  • バスローブ (basurōbu, “bathrobe”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bass.[3]

Noun

バス • (basu) 

  1. bass (fish)
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Bass.[3]

Noun

バス • (basu) 

  1. (music) bass (the lower spectrum of sound of a singing voice or musical instrument)
  2. (music) Clipping of コントラバス: a contrabass, a double bass, a bass

References
  1. 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
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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