マーキュリー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mercury.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) マ​ーキュリー [máꜜàkyùrìì] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ːkʲɨᵝɾʲiː]

Proper noun

マーキュリー (rōmaji Mākyurī)

  1. Rare form of メルクリウス (Merukuriusu, “Mercury”) (Roman god)
  2. (rare) Synonym of 水星 (Suisei, “Mercury”) (planet)
    • 2004 July 20 [Sep 22 2003], Takeuchi, Naoko, “Actアクト 2ツー　亜あ美み　SAILORMERCURYセーラー　マーキュリー [Act 2: Ami: SAILOR MERCURY]”, in 美少女戦士Pretty GuardianセーラームーンSAILORMOON [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], volume 1 (fiction), 5th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 79:
      水 (みず)と知 (ち)性 (せい)の戦 (せん)士 (し)　水星 (マーキュリー)の守 (しゅ)護 (ご)を受 (う)けし者 (もの)セーラーマーキュリー！さがしてたわ！あなたを
      Mizu to chisei no senshi Mākyurī no shugo o ukeshimono Sērā Mākyurī! Sagashiteta wa! Anata o
      The warrior of water and wisdom under Mercury, Sailor Mercury! I’ve been searching for you!

Noun

マーキュリー (rōmaji mākyurī)

  1. (rare) Synonym of 水銀 (suigin, “mercury”)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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