キャプテン

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English captain.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) キャ​プテン [kyáꜜpùtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲa̠pɯ̟̊ᵝtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

キャプテン • (kyaputen) 

  1. (naval) captain
    • 2004 September 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)十(じゅう)四(よん)訓(くん)　コスプレするなら心(こころ)まで飾(かざ)れ [Lesson 14: If You’re Gonna Cosplay, Put Your Heart into It]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 11:
      俺(おれ)達(たち)も海(かい)賊(ぞく)になりてーんだよ〰連(つ)れてってくれよ〰な？ヅラ
      Oretachi mo kaizoku ni naritē n da yo~ Tsuretette kure yo~ Na? Zura
      We wanna be pirates too~ C’mon, take us with you~ Right, Zura?
      ヅラじゃない　キャプテンカツーラだ
      Zura ja nai Kyaputen Katsūra da
      I’m not Zura, I’m Captain Katoora
  2. (sports) captain

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