ゴジラ

Japanese

Etymology

Blend of ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) +‎ 鯨 (kujira, “whale”). Popularized by the 1954 movie of the same name.[1][2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ʑiɾa̠]

Proper noun

ゴジラ • (Gojira) 

  1. Godzilla

Descendants

  • → English: Godzilla
  • ⇒ Translingual: †Gojirasaurus
  • ⇒ Hindustani: gogolā

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ “ゴジラ”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  5. ^ “ゴジラ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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