インスタント

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowing from English instant.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Adjective

インスタント • (insutanto) -na (adnominal インスタント (insutanto na na), adverbial インスタント (insutanto ni ni))

  1. instant

Usage notes

Often found in compounds without the adjectival particle (na).

  • インスタント(しあわ)せ、インスタントラーメン
    insutanto na shiawase, insutanto rāmen
    instant happiness, instant ramen

Inflection

Noun

インスタント • (insutanto) 

  1. something instant, such as instant coffee or some other processed food
    ()(つう)はヘルシーを(こころ)がけていますが、(とき)(どき)(へい)(じつ)(ひる)(ひと)()インスタント()べたくなります。
    Futsū wa herushī o kokorogakete imasu ga, tokidoki heijitsu no hiru ni hitori de insutanto ga tabetaku narimasu.
    I'm usually mindful of keeping healthy, but sometimes during the week at lunch I find I want to be by myself and eat some instant food.
    インスタント(からだ)(わる)い?
    Insutanto wa karada ni warui?
    Is instant coffee bad for your body?

Derived terms

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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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