トリガー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English trigger.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) トリガー [tóꜜrìgàà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲiɡa̠ː]

Noun

トリガー (rōmaji torigā)

a trigger

Synonyms

(trigger of a gun): 引 (ひ)き金 (がね) (hikigane)
(trigger of a bomb): 起爆装置 (きばくそうち) (kibakusōchi)
(general stimulus): 刺激 (しげき) (shigeki)
(general inducement): 誘 (ゆう)因 (いん) (yūin)

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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