テニスコート

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis court.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) テニスコ​ート [tènísú kóꜜòtò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [te̞ɲ̟isɨ̥ᵝ ko̞ːto̞]

Noun

テニスコート (rōmaji tenisu kōto)

  1. a tennis court
    • 1985 January 20 [Apr 15 1984], Murakami, Motoka, “特とっ訓くんコースの巻まき [Crash Course]”, in 六ム三サ四シの剣けん [Musashi’s Sword], volume 14 (fiction), 4th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 56:
      せ…先 (せん)輩 (ぱい)、これが特 (とっ)訓 (くん)コースですか⁉向 (む)かいの女 (じょ)子 (し)高 (こう)のテニスコートでねえすか⁉
      Se…Senpai, kore ga tokkun kōsu desu ka⁉ Mukai no joshikō no tenisu kōto denēsu ka⁉
      Se…Senpai, is this the crash course you were talking about⁉ But isn’t this the tennis court of the girls’ school on the other side⁉

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
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