サラリーマン

Japanese

Etymology

Although often described as wasei eigo (和製英語), this appears to derive from English phrase salaried man,[1][2][3] which appears in print at least as early as 1828.

The resulting Japanese term was then re-imported into English.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) サラリ​ーマン [sàráríꜜìmàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɾa̠ɾʲiːmã̠ɴ]

Noun

サラリーマン (rōmaji sararīman)

  1. a salaryman (male office worker)

Descendants

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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