リンク

See also: リング

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English link.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) リンク [ríꜜǹkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩŋkɯ̟]

(computing):

(Tokyo) リンク [ríꜜǹkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
(Tokyo) リンク [rìńkú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩŋkɯ̟]

This is an example of a term that is subject to the phenomenon (平(へい)板(ばん)化(か)) wherein accented (起(き)伏(ふく)式(しき)) recent loanwords (外(がい)来(らい)語(ご)) become unaccented (平(へい)板(ばん)式(しき)), especially in the speech of younger people.^[5]

Noun

リンク • (rinku)

(computing, Internet) link

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kenbou, Hidetoshi et al., editors (2021), 三省堂国語辞典 [Sanseidō kokugo jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 塩田雄大 (1 October 2016) “外来語のアクセントの現況～在来語化する外来語～”, in NHKアクセント辞典“新辞典”への大改訂‎^[1] (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, Inc., archived from the original on 23 July 2024