ガス

Japanese

Alternative spelling
瓦斯

Etymology

From English gas. The kanji spelling is ateji.

Pronunciation

Noun

ガス • (gasu) 

  1. natural gas
  2. gas
  3. a dense thick fog

Descendants

  • → Amis: kaso
  • → Hokkien: gá-suh

References

  1. ^ 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
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