シャープ

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English sharp.[2][1][3]

Adjective

シャープ • (shāpu-na (adnominal シャープ (shāpu na), adverbial シャープ (shāpu ni))

  1. sharp (physically like an edge, or visually as in an image)
    Synonyms: (physically) 鋭い (surudoi), (visually) はっきり (hakkiri)
Inflection

Noun

シャープ • (shāpu

  1. (music) a sharp (sign for a sharp note on the staff)
    Synonym: 嬰記号 (ei kigō)
  2. clipping of シャープペンシル (shāpu penshiru, mechanical pencil)

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from American English shop.

Noun

シャープ • (shāpu

  1. (Okinawa) shop
Usage notes

The more common borrowed term for shop in mainland Japanese is ショップ (shoppu), and for natively derived terms, (mise).

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ シャープ”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984, see also here