カレー

See also: カレ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
咖哩

Etymology

From English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) カレー [kàréé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾe̞ː]

Noun

カレー • (karē)

Indian curry
Japanese curry rice

Synonyms

(curry rice): カレーライス (karē raisu)

Derived terms

カレーうどん (karē udon, “Curry udon; Udon cooked with curry topping”)

Descendants

→ Korean: 카레 (kare)
→ Marshallese: kare

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN