メリケンサック

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism). At a surface level, appears to be derived from American + sack. On closer inspection, this word is a compound of メリケン (meriken, “a fist; a beating using the fists[1][2][3][4]”) +‎ サック (sakku, “protective covering: scabbard, sheath[3][4][5][6]”), with both component words originating from English, but with distinctly Japanese senses that arose after borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [me̞ɾʲike̞ɰ̃ sa̠k̚kɯ̟]

Noun

メリケンサック • (meriken sakku) 

  1. [after 1926] brass knuckles (weapon which reinforces the fist)

Synonyms

References

  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
  5. ^ “さつく”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  6. ^ “さつく”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[4] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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