電脳

• 電(でん)子(し)頭(ず)脳(のう) (denshi zunō)

Borrowed from Chinese 電腦 / 电脑 (diànnǎo, literally “electronic brain”).^[1][2][3]

Uncommon, and not included in all dictionaries.^[4] Sometimes described as a shortening of 電(でん)子(し)頭(ず)脳(のう) (denshi zunō).^[5]

• (Tokyo) でんのー [dèńnóó] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞nːo̞ː]

電(でん)脳(のう) • (dennō) ^{←でんなう (dennau)?}

1. (uncommon) computer
2. (uncommon) cybernetic brain

• In popular culture, it is often used for stylistic or artistic effect, as a Sinitic two-kanji equivalent to コンピューター (konpyūtā). It is still a "Chinese language (中国語)"^[1][2][3] exoticism.
  • For example, this list of pages on the Japanese Wikipedia that begin with 電脳.
• It is also used in scholarly circles for brevity,^[2] similarly due to its nature as a Sinitic two-kanji equivalent to コンピューター (konpyūtā). It is usually found as the first part in a Sinitic compound rather than alone.^[1]

  李(り)範(はん)文(ぶん)・中嶋(なかじま)幹(もと)起(き)　編(へん)著(ちょ)『電脳(でんのう)処(しょ)理(り)：西(せい)夏(か)文(ぶん)雑(ざつ)字(じ)研(けん)究(きゅう)』

  Ri Hanbun Nakajima Motoki hencho “Dennō Shori: Seikabun Zatsuji Kenkyū”

  Computer Processing: A Study of the Tangut Zazi by LI Fanwen and NAKAJIMA Motoki

• (common) コンピューター (konpyūtā), パソコン (pasokon)

• 電脳(でんのう)空間(くうかん) (dennō kūkan, “cyberspace”)
• 電脳(でんのう)せどり (dennō sedori)
• 電脳(でんのう)文(ぶん)化(か) (dennō bunka, “cyberculture”)
• 電脳(でんのう)眼(め)鏡(がね) (dennō megane, “smartglasses”)