イルミネーション

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English illumination.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) イルミネーション [ìrúmínéꜜèshòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iɾɯ̟mʲine̞ːɕõ̞ɴ]

Noun

イルミネーション • (iruminēshon) 

  1. decorative lighting, colored lights; decoration (of a building etc.) with lights
    新(しん)宿(じゅく)のイルミネーションを見(み)に行(ゆ)く
    Shinjuku no iruminēshon o mi ni yuku
    go see the lights in Shinjuku
  2. illumination; lighting

Usage notes

  • Especially associated with Christmas and the winter.

Synonyms

References

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