アスファルト

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English asphalt.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) アスファ​ルト [àsúfáꜜrùtò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [a̠sɨ̥ᵝɸa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝto̞]

Noun

アスファルト (rōmaji asufaruto)

  1. asphalt
    • 1995, 岡本真夜, 真名杏樹 (lyrics), “TOMORROW”, performed by 岡本真夜:
      涙 (なみだ)の数 (かず)だけ強 (つよ)くなれるよ　アスファルトに咲 (さ)く　花 (はな)のように
      Namida no kazu dake tsuyoku nareru yo asufaruto ni saku hana no yō ni
      Like flowers blooming on the asphalt, you can become stronger by merely the number of your tears
    • 2004 September 8, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい十七訓くん　酔よってなくても酔よったふりして上じょう司しのヅラ取とれ [Lesson 17: Even If You’re Not Drunk, Pretend to Be, and Snatch Your Boss’s Toupée]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      アスファルトの上 (うえ)だろーとどこだろーと構 (かま)いませんぜ　酒 (さけ)のためなら　アスファルトに咲 (さ)く花 (はな)のよーになれますぜ！
      Asufaruto no ue darō to doko darō to kamaimasen ze Sake no tame nara asufaruto ni saku hana no yō ni naremasu ze!
      We can sit on the asphalt for all we care. We can get used to that like flowers blooming from the asphalt, for sake’s sake!
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