アニメ

Japanese

アニメ (anime): a frame from Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (1944), the first feature-length anime film.

Etymology

Abbreviated from アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

アニメ (rōmaji anime)

  1. (animation, anime) anime, Japanese animation
  2. (animation) an animation, a cartoon

Usage notes

All animated works are called アニメ in Japan. In other countries, the romanization anime is typically used for animation produced primarily for the Japanese market.

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1 2 3 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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