ダム

Japanese

Etymology

From English dam.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ダム [dáꜜmù] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][3]
IPA^(key): [da̠mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ダム (rōmaji damu)

a dam
Synonym: 堰堤 (entei)

ダムによって消 (き)えた村 (むら)がたくさんある。
Damu ni yotte kieta mura ga takusan aru.
Many villages have disappeared because of dams.
- 1987 March 20 [Feb 20 1987], Fujiko Fujio, “ノスタル爺じい [Nostalgeezer]”, in カンビュセスの籤くじ [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄ＳＦ全短編; 1), volume 1 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 103:
  なんもかもダムの底じゃ三十年ぶりにおまえが帰ってきたというのにな
  Nan mo ka mo damu no soko ja Sanjūnenburi ni omae ga kaettekita to iu no ni na
  Everything’s at the bottom of the dam now. Even though you’ve just come back after 30 years.

References

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