金髪

Japanese

From 金 (kin, “gold”) +‎ 髪 (hatsu, “hair”).

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) きんぱつ [kìńpátsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [kʲĩmpa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

金髪 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 金髮, hiragana きんぱつ, katakana キンパツ, rōmaji kinpatsu)

blond hair
- 2003 September 22, Uraku, Akinobu, “第だい63話わ　幼おさない記き憶おく [Chapter 63: Childish Memories]”, in 東とう京きょうアンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground] (fiction, in Japanese), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 115:
  ルリを公司 (カンパニー)から救 (すく)い出 (だ)した後 (あと)も　今 (いま)でみたいに金 (きん)髪 (ぱつ)は側 (そば)にいてくれるのかな？
  Ruri o Kanpanī kara sukuidashita ato mo ima de mitai ni Kinpatsu wa soba ni ite kureru no ka na?
  After we save Ruri from the Company, will I still get to be with Blondie like this?

This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as キンパツ.

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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