バーコード

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English barcode.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーコード [bàá kóꜜòdò] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][1]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ː ko̞ːdo̞]

Noun

バーコード • (bā kōdo

  1. A barcode: a set of machine-readable lines of varying width placed on products to represent pricing or other such data.
  2. (idiomatic) A combover hairstyle, from the way that sparse combed-over hair looks like a barcode.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  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