ウオッチ

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • ウォッチ (wotchi)

Etymology

Borrowing from English watch.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ッチ [ùóꜜtchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝo̞t̚t͡ɕi]

Noun

ウオッチ • (uotchi) 

  1. a watch (portable or wearable timepiece)
    Hyponyms: 腕時計 (ude-dokei), 懐中時計 (kaichū-dokei)
    (よう)(かい)ウオッチ
    Yōkai Uotchi
    Yo-kai Watch
  2. a watchman, observer
  3. a watch (person who guards, sailors or officers with common period of duty, etc.)
    Synonyms: 当直 (tōchoku), 見張り (mihari), ワッチ (watchi)

Derived terms

Verb

ウオッチする • (uotchi suru) suru (stem ウオッチ (uotchi suru shi), past ウオッチした (uotchi suru shita))

  1. to observe, keep watch
    Synonyms: 観察する (kansatsu suru), 注視する (chūshi suru)

Conjugation

See also

  • ウオッチコン (Uotchikon)
  • ウオッチマン (uotchiman, watchman)
  • ウオッチャー (uotchā, watcher)
  • ウオッチワード (uotchiwādo, watchword)
  • ウオッチング (uotchingu, watching)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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