アップダウン

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from up +‎ down; compare 上下.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) アップダウン [àppú dáꜜùǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠p̚pɯ̟ da̠ɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

アップダウン • (appu daun) 

  1. going up and down
    道(みち)のアップダウンが激(はげ)しい
    michi no appu daun ga hageshii
    the road undulates aggressively

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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