ペーパードライバー

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from paper +‎ driver.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ペーパードライバー [pèépáá dóráꜜìbàà] (Nakadaka – [6])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [pe̞ːpa̠ː do̞ɾa̠iba̠ː]

Noun

ペーパードライバー • (pēpā doraibā) 

  1. Someone who has a driver's license but does not drive a car.

Descendants

  • → English: paper driver

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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