ウインク

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English wink.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ウインク [ùíꜜǹkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ĩŋkɯ̟]

Noun

ウインク • (uinku) 

  1. a wink (a blink)
    • 1985, “殿方ごめん遊ばせ”, 阿木燿子 (lyrics), performed by 南翔子:
      ウインクもうひと押(お)しね
      uinku mō hito oshi ne
      (please add an English translation of this example)
    • 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “テイク・オフ [Take Off]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 103:
      ウインクの意(い)味(み)を理(り)解(かい)しろよなァ。
      Uinku no imi o rikaishiro yo nā.
      Don’t you know what a wink means?
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