メリケン

Japanese

Alternative forms

米利堅

Etymology

Borrowed from English American.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) メリケン [mèríkéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ɾʲikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

メリケン (rōmaji Meriken)

(obsolete) America; the United States

Synonyms

アメリカ (Amerika)

Derived terms

メリケン粉 (こ) (meriken-ko)
メリケンサック (meriken sakku)
メリケン波 (は)止 (と)場 (ば) (meriken-hatoba)
メリケン針 (ばり) (meriken-bari)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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