モンスター

Japanese

Etymology

From English monster.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) モンスター [móꜜǹsùtàà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
IPA^(key): [mõ̞ɰ̃sɨ̥ta̠ː]

Noun

モンスター • (monsutā)

synonym of 怪物 (kaibutsu, “monster”)
- 1999 February 4, “ララ・ライウーン [Rara Rai-Oon]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
  
  電(でん)気(き)を帯(お)びた雲(くも)形(がた)のモンスター。何(なん)でも溶(と)かす危(き)険(けん)な雨(あめ)を降(ふ)らせる。
  Denki o obita kumogata no monsutā. Nandemo tokasu kiken na ame o furaseru.
  A cloud-shaped monster charged with electricity. It also pours hazardous acidic rain.
- 2002 October 9, Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)261(にひゃくろくじゅういち)　憎(にく)しみの先(さき)へ‼ [Battle 261: Past Hatred!!]”, in 遊(ゆう)☆戯(ぎ)☆王(おう) [King of Games], volume 30 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  
  遊(ゆう)戯(ぎ)！貴(き)様(さま)の場(フィールド)にはモンスターは二(に)体(たい)…
  Yūgi! Kisama no fīrudo ni wa monsutā wa nitai…
  Yūgi! There are only two monsters on your field…

References

^ “モンスター”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ “モンスター”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ 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