クラブ

See also: グラフ

Japanese

(nightclub):

(Tokyo) クラブ [kùrábú] (Heiban – [0])^[5]^[7]^[8]
(Tokyo) クラブ [kúꜜràbù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[6] formerly (1998) sole standard, now obsolete
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾa̠bɯ̟]

This is an example of a term that is subject to the phenomenon (平(へい)板(ばん)化(か)) wherein accented (起(き)伏(ふく)式(しき)) recent loanwords (外(がい)来(らい)語(ご)) become unaccented (平(へい)板(ばん)式(しき)), especially in the speech of younger people.^[9]

クラブ • (kurabu)

倶楽部: a club (association of members)
1. a group of people with a common purpose such as research or hobbies
  Synonyms: 同好会 (dōkōkai), サークル (sākuru), サークル活動 (sākuru katsudō)
2. a member organization for socializing, playing and sports; or meeting place for them
3. extracurricular activities at a school
  Synonyms: クラブ活動 (kurabu katsudō), 部活動 (bukatsudō), 部活 (bukatsu)
4. bars and amusement facilities with a membership system, such as nightclub
(card games) clubs
- 2001 March 10 [1998 December 16], Motohiro Katou, “ミネルヴァの梟(ふくろう) [Owl of Minerva]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], 9th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 102:
  
  クラブのＫ(キング)はマケドニアのアレクサンダー大(だい)王(おう)
  Kurabu no kingu wa Makedonia no Arekusandā Daiō
  The king of clubs is Alexander the Great of Macedonia
a stick-shaped implement
Synonym: 棍棒 (konbō)
1. golf club (implement used to hit a golf ball)
  Synonym: ゴルフクラブ (gorufu kurabu)
2. juggling club

クラブ • (kurabu)

(in compounds) a crab
クラブミートサラダ ― kurabu mīto sarada ― crab meat salad

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 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
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kenbou, Hidetoshi et al., editors (2021), 三省堂国語辞典 [Sanseidō kokugo jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 塩田雄大 (1 October 2016) “外来語のアクセントの現況～在来語化する外来語～”, in NHKアクセント辞典“新辞典”への大改訂‎^[1] (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, Inc., archived from the original on 23 July 2024

Suits in Japanese · スート (sūto) / スーツ (sūtsu) (layout · text)

ハート (hāto)	ダイヤ (daiya)	スペード (supēdo)	クラブ (kurabu)