ドック

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English dock.

Pronunciation

Noun

ドック • (dokku) 

  1. dock (structure)
    • 1900, “鉄道唱歌・東海道編 (Tetsudō shōka Tōkaidō-hen)”:
      見(み)よやドツクに集(あつ)まりし　わが軍(ぐん)艦(かん)の壯(さう)大(だい)を
      Miyo ya dokku ni atsumarishi Waga gunkan no sōdai o
      Observe the grandeur of our warships assembled at the dock
  2. short for 人間ドック (ningen dokku)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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