超能力者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
超	能	力	者
ちょう Grade: S	のう Grade: 5	りょく Grade: 1	しゃ Grade: 3
goon		kan'on	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 超能力 (chōnōryoku, “supernatural power → extrasensory perception”) +‎ 者 (-sha, “user”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーのーりょくしゃ [chòónóóryóꜜkùshà] (Nakadaka – [5])
(Tokyo) ちょーのーりょくしゃ [chòónóóryókúꜜshà] (Nakadaka – [6])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːno̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟̊ɕa̠]

Noun

超(ちょう)能(のう)力(りょく)者(しゃ) • (chōnōryokusha) ^{←てうのうりよくしや (teunouryokusya)^?} (counter 人)

synonym of エスパー (esupā): an esper (person with superpowers or extrasensory perception)
- 2003, Nagaru Tanigawa, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kadokawa Shoten, page 11:
  『ただの人間(にんげん)には興味(きょうみ)ありません。この中(なか)に宇宙人(うちゅうじん)、未(み)来(らい)人(じん)、異世(いせ)界(かい)人(じん)、超能(ちょうのう)力(りょく)者(しゃ)がいたら、あたしのところに来(き)なさい。以上(いじょう)。』
  “Tada no ningen ni wa kyōmi arimasen. Kono naka ni uchūjin, miraijin, isekaijin, chōnōryokusha ga itara, atashi no tokoro ni kinasai. Ijō.”
  "Normal humans don't interest me. If anyone here is an alien, a time traveler, slider, or an esper, then come find me! That is all."
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)