テキスト

Japanese

Alternative forms

テクスト (tekusuto)

Etymology

Borrowed from English text.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) テキスト [téꜜkìsùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[4]^[5]
(Tokyo) テキスト [tèkíꜜsùtò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[4]
IPA^(key): [te̞kʲisɨ̥to̞]

Noun

テキスト • (tekisuto)

text (a written passage)
clipping of テキストブック (tekisutobukku, “textbook”)
Synonym: 教科書 (kyōkasho)
- 2006 November 17, Seimaru Amagi with Sato, Fumiya, “獄(ごく)門(もん)塾(じゅく)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)5⃣(ご) [The Prison Gate Cram School Murder Case #5]”, in 獄門塾殺人事件（上） [The Prison Gate Cram School Murder Case (First Book)] (金田一少年の事件簿) (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
  
  それではテキストの57(ごじゅうしち)ページを開(ひら)いて！
  Sore de wa tekisuto no gojūshichi-pēji o hiraite!
  Now turn your textbook to page 57!

See also

テキストファイル (tekisuto fairu, “text file”)
ノート (nōto, “notebook”)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 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
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN