カルチャーショック

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English culture shock,[1][2][3] equivalent to カルチャー (karuchā, “culture”) + ショック (shokku, “shock”).

First attested in 1983.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) カルチャーショ​ック [kàrúcháá shóꜜkkù] (Nakadaka – [5])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕa̠ː ɕo̞k̚kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

カルチャーショック • (karuchā shokku) 

  1. [from 1983] culture shock
    カルチャーショックを受(う)ける
    karuchā shokku o ukeru
    to experience culture shock

References
  1. “カルチャーショック”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “カルチャーショック”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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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