マーキュリー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mercury.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) マ​ーキュリー [máꜜàkyùrìì] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ːkʲɨᵝɾʲiː]

Proper noun

マーキュリー • (Mākyurī) 

  1. Rare form of メルクリウス (Merukuriusu, “Mercury”) (Roman god)
  2. (rare) Synonym of 水星 (Suisei, “Mercury”) (planet)
    • 2004 July 20 [2003 September 22], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 2(ツー)　亜(あ)美(み)　SAILOR(セーラー)MERCURY(マーキュリー) [Act 2: Ami: SAILOR MERCURY]”, in 美少女戦士(Pretty Guardian)セーラームーン(SAILORMOON) [Sailor Moon], 5th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 79:
      水(みず)と知(ち)性(せい)の戦(せん)士(し)　水星(マーキュリー)の守(しゅ)護(ご)を受(う)けし者(もの)セーラーマーキュリー！さがしてたわ！あなたを
      Mizu to chisei no senshi Mākyurī no shugo o ukeshimono Sērā Mākyurī! Sagashiteta wa! Anata o
      The warrior of water and wisdom under Mercury, Sailor Mercury! I’ve been searching for you!

Noun

マーキュリー • (mākyurī) 

  1. (rare) Synonym of 水銀 (suigin, “mercury”)

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. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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