サイト

See also: さいと

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English site.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) サイト [sáꜜìtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sa̠ito̞]

(website):

(Tokyo) サイト [sàító] (Heiban – [0])^[4]^[5] especially younger speakers
(Tokyo) サイト [sáꜜìtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]^[5] formerly the sole standard accent, now the minority accent
IPA^(key): [sa̠ito̞]

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.^[6]

Noun

サイト • (saito)

site
website
Synonym: ウェブサイト (webusaito)

公(こう)式(しき)サイト
kōshiki saito
official website

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sight.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) サイト [sáꜜìtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[7]^[5]
IPA^(key): [sa̠ito̞]

Noun

サイト • (saito)

sight^[1]^[8]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai 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
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN