ゴーストップ

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from go +‎ stop. First cited to a work from 1930.[6]

Noun

ゴーストップ • (gō sutoppu

  1. [from 1930] traffic light
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Korean 고스톱 (goseutop, go-stop), derived from English go + stop.

Noun

ゴーストップ • (gō sutoppu

  1. (hanafuda) go-stop, a Korean hanafuda card game similar to koi-koi
    • 2005, 斉藤明美, ことばと文化の日韓比較, 世界思想社, →ISBN, page 116:
      大人の男性は、お酒を飲みながら花札でゴーストップなどのゲームをする。女性たちは家族のためにひたすら料理を作り、あとかたづけをし、座る間もないほど忙しく立ち働く。
      The adult men drink alcohol and play games such as go-stop with hanafuda cards. The women single-mindedly cook and tidy up for their families, and are so busy working that they have no time to sit down.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ ゴーストップ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006