暗黒物質

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	黒	物	質
あん Grade: 3	こく Grade: 2	ぶつ > ぶっ Grade: 3	しつ Grade: 5
kan'on

Alternative spelling
暗黑物質 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 暗黒 (ankoku, “dark”) +‎ 物質 (busshitsu, “matter”).^[1]^[2]^[3] Appears to be a calque of English dark matter.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あんこくぶっしつ [àńkókú búꜜsshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟ bɯ̟ɕːi̥t͡sɨ]

Noun

暗(あん)黒(こく)物(ぶっ)質(しつ) • (ankoku busshitsu)

dark matter
Synonym: ダークマター (dāku matā)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “暗黒物質”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN