ビル

See also: ヒル, ビール, and ピル

㌱	U+3331, ㌱ SQUARE BIRU

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[U+3330]

CJK Compatibility

㌲ →
[U+3332]

Japanese

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ビル [bíꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bʲiɾɯ̟]

Etymology 1

Noun

ビル • (biru)

clipping of ビルディング (birudingu, “(non-residential) building”)
- 2016 August 30, “Ikkodate de mo manshon de mo nai! ‘Biru o marugoto’ jitaku ni suru to iu sentaku [Neither a detached house nor a condominium! Make a ‘whole building’ home]”, in Sumai‎^[1]:
  
  「ビル」まるごとを“住(す)まい”にする選(せん)択(たく)肢(し)だってあるんです。ビルまるごとを自(じ)宅(たく)にするってどんな感(かん)じなのでしょうか？
  “Biru” marugoto o “sumai” ni suru sentakushi datte aru n desu. Biru marugoto o jitaku ni suru tte donna kanji na no deshō ka?
  It is possible for a whole ‘building’ to be one’s “home”. How does it feel to have a whole building for a house?

Usage notes

Not to be confused with ビール (bīru, “beer”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bill.^[1]

Noun

ビル • (biru)

bill of sale, invoice
Synonym: 勘定書 (kanjōsho)
banknote, note, draft, coupon, certificate, promissory note
Synonyms: 手形 (tegata), 証券 (shōken)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Bill.

Proper noun

ビル • (Biru)

a transliteration of the English male given name Bill
a transliteration of the German surname Bill
マックス・ビル ― Makkusu Biru ― Max Bill

References

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