ラジオ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
ラヂヲ (poetic)

Etymology

From English radio.[8]

First written use c. 1924, in a play entitled 葉桜 (Hazakura, literally “Cherry Blossoms”) by Kunio Kishida; see quotation.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Kyoto) ラ​ジオ [ráꜜjìò] (Kōki)[1]
  • (Osaka) ラジ​オ [ràjíꜜò] (Teiki)

Noun

ラジオ • (rajio) ←ラヂオ (radio)?

  1. [since 1924] radio
    Synonyms: (Kagoshima) ダジオ (dajio), 無線 (musen, literally “wireless”)
    ラジオを聞(き)く
    rajio o kiku
    listen to the radio
    • 1924 April 1, Kunio Kishida, “葉桜 [Hazakura]”, in Josei [Women's] Magazine‎[6], volume 9, number 4:
      それから、「ラヂオをお引きになりませんの」って訊いたら、誰でもすることはしたくないんですって
      Then I asked him, “Why don't you turn on the radio?” He said he didn't want to do that.
  2. [since 1952] (slang, dated) broke, having no money; dining and dashing (a wordplay on 無線 (musen, “wireless”) and 無銭 (musen, “moneyless”), replacing 線 (sen, “wire”) with its homophone 銭 (sen, “money”))
    Synonyms: (no money) 無銭 (musen), (dining and dashing) 無銭飲食 (musen inshoku)
  3. radiation (when used as part of a compound)
    Synonym: 放射 (hōsha)
    ラジオアイソトープ
    rajio-aisotōpu
    radioisotope

Descendants

  • → Hokkien: la-jí-o͘h

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “ラジオ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ “ラジオ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ “ラジオ”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
  4. ^ “ラジオ”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎[4] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  5. ^ “ラジオ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎[5] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 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
  8. ^ [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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