ダイヤモンド

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English diamond.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ダイヤモ​ンド [dàíyámóꜜǹdò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][3]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ija̠mõ̞ndo̞]

Noun

ダイヤモンド • (daiyamondo) 

  1. diamond
    • 2000 July 13, “ダイヤモンド・ドラゴン [Diamond Dragon]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:
      全(ぜん)身(しん)がダイヤモンドでできたドラゴン。まばゆい光(ひかり)で敵(てき)の目(め)をくらませる。
      Zenshin ga daiyamondo de dekita doragon. Mabayui hikari de teki no me o kuramaseru.
      A dragon made entirely of diamond. The sparkling light from its body can dazzle enemies.

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “ダイヤモンド”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 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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