メリケン

Japanese

Alternative spellings
米利堅 (obsolete)
弥利堅 (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English American.[1][2][3][4]

First attested in 1854.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) メリケン [mèríkéń] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ɾʲikẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

メリケン • (meriken) 

  1. [some time after 1854–???] an American person
  2. [from 1926] a fist, a beating using one's fists

Derived terms

Proper noun

メリケン • (Meriken) 

  1. [1854–???] (archaic) America, the United States
    Synonym: アメリカ (Amerika)

Derived terms

  • メリケン粉(こ) (meriken-ko, “wheat flour”)
  • メリケン・ジャップ (meriken jappu, literally “American Jap”)
  • メリケン波止場(はとば) (meriken hatoba, “a dock for foreign ships”)
  • メリケン針(ばり) (meriken-bari, “Western-style sewing needle”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “米利堅”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “米利堅”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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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