シルエット

Etymology

Borrowed from French silhouette.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) シ​ルエット [shíꜜrùèttò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) シルエ​ット [shìrúéꜜttò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾɯ̟ᵝe̞t̚to̞]

Noun

シルエット (rōmaji shiruetto)

1. a silhouette
   • 2007 October 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい百六十九訓くん　好すかれないものほど愛いとおしい [Lesson 169: Unlikable Things Are Adorable]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 20 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     いいか　例 (たと)えば　このギンタさんをシルエットにしてみよう　ホラ見 (み)ろコレ　なんの特 (とく)徴 (ちょう)もねーだろ　こういうキャラは子 (こ)供 (ども)は覚 (おぼ)えてくれません‼シルエットだけで見 (み)分 (わ)けがつく位 (くらい)じゃねーと少 (しょう)年 (ねん)漫 (まん)画 (が)はやってけねーんだよ

     Ii ka tatoeba kono Ginta-san o shiruetto ni shitemiyō Hora miro kore Nan no tokuchō mo nē daro Kō iu kyara wa kodomo wa oboete kuremasen‼ Shiruetto dake de miwake ga tsuku kurai ja nē to shōnen manga wa yatte ke nēn da yo

     Now check out Ginta-san’s silhouette. Could he be less distinctive? Kids don’t remember characters this kinda character. If a character can’t be recognize by his silhouette alone, he’ll never survive in a boys’ manga.

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