カーゲーベー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) カーゲーベー [kàágéébéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ːɡe̞ːbe̞ː]

Proper noun

カーゲーベー • (Kāgēbē) 

  1. the KGB

Usage notes

Synonyms

  • ケージービー (Kējībī)
  • ソ連国家保安委員会(れんこっかほあんいいんかい) (Soren Kokka Hoan Iinkai)

References

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