カーテン

See also: ガーデン

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English curtain.[1][2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation

Noun

カーテン • (kāten) 

  1. curtain (window covering)
    カーテンを開(あ)ける ― kāten o akeru ― to open the curtains
  2. (figurative) curtain (barrier preventing interaction and exchange)
    鉄(てつ)のカーテン ― Tetsu no Kāten ― the Iron Curtain
  3. (theater) curtain (stage–audience separator)
    Synonym: 幕(まく) (maku)

Descendants

  • → Hokkien: kha-tián

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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