ようつべ

Japanese

Etymology

From English YouTube, by directly typing "youtube" as rōmaji and converting to kana via a Japanese IME.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よーつべ [yòótsúbé] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːt͡sɨbe̞]

Proper noun

ようつべ • (Yōtsube) 

  1. (slang) YouTube
    Synonym: ユーチューブ (Yūchūbu)
    2014, 「[…] ようつべで見(み)たことある」
    “[…] Yōtsube de mita koto aru”
    “[…] I’ve seen it on YouTube.”
    →ISBN

Derived terms

See also

  • ちょろめ (Chorome, “Chrome”)
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