ラスボス

Japanese

FWOTD – 17 March 2025

Etymology

Clipping of ラストボス (rasuto bosu), in line with the common Japanese word-formation pattern for compounds, of keeping two morae from each constituent part. First appearance is uncertain, but probably some time in the mid-2000s.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ラスボス [ràsúbósú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠sɨbo̞sɨ]

Noun

ラスボス • (rasubosu) 

  1. (video games) clipping of ラストボス (rasuto bosu, “last or final boss”) [from mid-2000s]
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