ジャイアントキル

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ジャイアントキル [jàíáńtókírú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑa̠iã̠nto̞kʲiɾɯ̟]

Etymology

From English giant +‎ kill, from the idea of the weakest card beating the strongest card, i.e. David and Goliath. A wasei eigo (和製英語).

Noun

ジャイアントキル • (jaiantokiru) 

  1. (card games) A rule in Tycoon where a three of a particular suit (most commonly spades) can beat a single joker; a reversal. During revolution, most rulesets instead use a two of that suit to do this.
    Synonym: 返し

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
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