アニメ

Japanese
アニメ (anime): a frame from Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (1944), the first feature-length anime film.

Etymology

Clipping of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

アニメ (rōmaji anime)

  1. (animation, anime) anime, Japanese animation
  2. (animation) an animation, a cartoon
    テレビアニメ
    terebi anime
    a TV cartoon, an animated TV show

Usage notes

All animated works in general are called アニメ in Japanese. In other countries, the romanization anime is typically used for animation produced primarily for the Japanese market.

Descendants

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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