キャラクター
Japanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (shortening) キャラ (kyara)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English character.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
First attested in 1875.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) キャラクター [kyàrák
útáá] (Heiban – [0])[7] 83% approval in broadcasts - (Tokyo) キャラクター [kyàráꜜk
ùtàà] (Nakadaka – [2])[7][4][5][6] 79% approval in broadcasts - (Tokyo) キャラクター [kyáꜜràk
ùtàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[7][4][5][6] 58% approval in broadcasts - IPA(key): [kʲa̠ɾa̠kɯ̟̊ta̠ː]
- This is an example of a term that is subject to the phenomenon (平板化) wherein accented (平板式) recent loanwords (外来語) become unaccented (起伏式), especially in the speech of younger people.[8]
Noun
[edit]- character, a fictitious person or creature
- Synonym: 登場人物 (tōjō jinbutsu, literally “appearing person”, as in “appearing in this story”)
- 2024, 知的財産権 Q&A[5]:
- 漫画キャラクターの無断使用対策
- manga kyarakutā no mudan shiyō taisaku
- countermeasures against unauthorized use of manga characters
- 漫画キャラクターの無断使用対策
- personality
- Synonym: 性格 (seikaku)
- 2005, 野口英司、宮川典子, 青空文庫ものがたり:
- ゆるゆるとした集団で成り立つ青空文庫は、そこに参加する人のキャラクターも多彩になる。
- Yuruyuru to shita shūdan de naritatsu aozora bunko wa, soko ni sanka suru hito no kyarakutā mo tasai ni naru.
- Aozora Bunko is based on a loose collection of people, and thus has a diverse set of personalities in its participants.
- ゆるゆるとした集団で成り立つ青空文庫は、そこに参加する人のキャラクターも多彩になる。
- (computing) character; basic element of text, letter
Derived terms
[edit]- イメージキャラクター (imējikyarakutā, “mascot”)
- キャラ (kyara, “personality”)
- 陰キャ (in-kya, “introvert”)
- 陽キャ (yō-kya, “extrovert”)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “キャラクター”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “キャラクター”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ “キャラクター”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ 塩田 雄大 (2016 October 1) “外来語のアクセントの現況 ～在来語化する外来語～”, in NHKアクセント辞典“新辞典”への大改訂[4] (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, Inc., archived from the original on 2024-07-23