ウクレレ

Japanese
ウクレレ (ukurere): a Martin ukulele from 1930.

Etymology

Borrowed from American English ukulele,[1] ultimately from Hawaiian ʻukulele.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ウクレレ [ùkúréré] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ɾe̞]

Noun

ウクレレ • (ukurere) 

  1. (music) a ukulele

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
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