サラリーマン

Japanese

Etymology

First cited to 1924.[1]

Although often described as wasei eigo (和製英語), this appears to derive from English phrase salaried man,[1][2][3] which appears in print at least as early as 1828.

The resulting Japanese term was then re-imported into English.

Analyzable as サラリー (sararī) +‎ マン (-man).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) サラリ​ーマン [sàráríꜜìmàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɾa̠ɾʲiːmã̠ɴ]

Noun

サラリーマン • (sararīman) 

  1. a salaryman (male office worker)

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • → English: salaryman
  • → Korean: 샐러리맨 (saelleorimaen)

See also

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

Further reading
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