ダイヤモンド

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English diamond.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) イヤモンド [dàíyámóꜜǹdò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][3]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ija̠mõ̞ndo̞]

Noun

ダイヤモンド • (daiyamondo

  1. diamond
    • 2000 July 13, “ダイヤモンド・ドラゴン [Diamond Dragon]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant -ファラオのしもべ-, Konami:
      (ぜん)(しん)ダイヤモンドでできたドラゴン。まばゆい(ひかり)(てき)()をくらませる。
      Zenshin ga daiyamondo de dekita doragon. Mabayui hikari de teki no me o kuramaseru.
      A dragon made entirely of diamond. The sparkling light from its body can dazzle enemies.

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ ダイヤモンド”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  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