ランドセル

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed either from Dutch ransel with an epenthetic d, or from German Ranzen, or from German Landser (“soldier”) after the Tornister knapsacks German soldiers wore.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ランドセ​ル [ràńdóséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ランド​セル [ràńdóꜜsèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾã̠ndo̞se̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ランドセル • (randoseru) 

  1. randoseru (type of backpack worn by Japanese elementary schoolchildren)

Hypernyms

Descendants
  • → English: randoseru

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