ホバークラフト

Japanese

Alternative forms
  • ホーバークラフト (less common)

Etymology

Borrowing from English hovercraft.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ホバークラ​フト [hòbáákúráꜜfùtò] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ba̠ːkɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɸɯ̟̊ᵝto̞]

Noun

ホバークラフト (rōmaji hobākurafuto)

  1. a hovercraft
    私 (わたし)のホバークラフトは鰻 (うなぎ)でいっぱいです。
    Watashi no hobākurafuto wa unagi de ippai desu.
    My hovercraft is full of eels.

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
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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