クワタ
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English quad.[1][2][3] Alternatively, may be a shift from English quadrat (from which quad is a shortening).[2][4]
First cited to a bookmaking and printing-related work from 1948.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) クワタ [kúꜜwàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
- (Tokyo) クワタ [kùwátá] (Heiban – [0])[3]
- IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠ta̠]
Noun[edit]
- [from 1948] (typography) a quad: a spacer used in metal typesetting
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “クワタ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “クワタ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN