ランドセル

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed either from Dutch ransel with an epenthetic d, or from German Ranzen, or from German Landser (“soldier”) after the Tornister knapsacks German soldiers wore.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ランドセル [ràńdóséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ランドセル [ràńdóꜜsèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾã̠ndo̞se̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

ランドセル • (randoseru) 

  1. randoseru (type of backpack worn by Japanese elementary schoolchildren)

Hypernyms

Descendants

  • → English: randoseru

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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