Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English page.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
ページ • (pēji)
- page (of a book, newspaper, etc.)
1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 11, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 中 両親と私 [My Parents and I]:偶には書物を開けて十頁もつづけざまに読む時間さえ出て来た。- Tama ni wa shomotsu o akete juppēji mo tsuzukezama ni yomu jikan sae dete kita.
- Occasionally I'd even get time to open a book and read ten pages in a row.
Usage notes
Usually written using katakana.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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