パソコン

Japanese

パソコン (pasokon, “PC”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) パソコン [pàsókóń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [pa̠so̞kõ̞ɴ]

Noun

パソコン (counter 台, rōmaji pasokon)

(computing) Clipping of パーソナルコンピューター (pāsonaru konpyūtā, “personal computer”);[1][4][5] a PC
- 2002 March 9, Hotta, Yumi; Obata, Takeshi, “第だい131局きょく　試ためされる伊い角すみ [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 67:
  
  オレはパソコンで勝 (かっ)手 (て)に遊 (あそ)んでるから　伊 (い)角 (すみ)君 (くん)　パソコンは？
  Ore wa pasokon de katte ni asonderu kara Isumi-kun pasokon wa?
  I like playing around on my PC. Do you like playing on PCs, Isumi-kun?

Usage notes

This short form is much more commonly used than the full form パーソナルコンピューター.

Synonyms

Derived terms

ノートパソコン

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth 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
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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