スイッチ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English switch.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

スイッチ • (suitchi) 

  1. switch, a device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow
  2. (rail transport) switch of a railroad, point of a railroad
  3. a change in method or thinking
  4. (computing) network switch

See also

Verb

スイッチする • (suitchi suru) suru (stem スイッチ (suitchi suru shi), past スイッチした (suitchi suru shita))

  1. change one's methods or ways of thinking

Conjugation

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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