ホーム

Japanese

Etymology 1

Clipping of プラットホーム (purattohōmu)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ホーム [hóꜜòmù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːmɯ̟]

Noun

ホーム • (hōmu)

(travel) platform
駅(えき)のホーム
eki no hōmu
train station platform

Synonyms

(platform): プラットホーム (purattohōmu), 歩(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō)

See also

乗(の)り場(ば) (noriba): boarding place

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English home.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ホーム [hóꜜòmù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːmɯ̟]

Noun

ホーム • (hōmu)

(computing) home

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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