バスケットボール

Japanese

バスケットボール (basukettobōru): a game of basketball.

Etymology

Borrowed from English basketball.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) バスケットボ​ール [bàsúkéttóbóꜜòrù] (Nakadaka – [6])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠sɨᵝke̞t̚to̞bo̞ːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

バスケットボール (rōmaji basukettobōru)

  1. the game of basketball
  2. a basketball (the ball used in a basketball game)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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