ミルク

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English milk.[1][2][3]

First cited in the 1870s.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

ミルク • (miruku) 

  1. [from 1870s] (commercially sold) milk, usually cow's milk
    Synonyms: 牛乳 (gyūnyū, “cow's milk”), お乳 (ochichi, “milk (of mammals)”)
    私(わたし)はミルクを飲(の)む。
    Watashi wa miruku o nomu.
    I drink milk.
    私(わたし)はミルクを飲(の)んでいた。
    Watashi wa miruku o nondeita.
    I was drinking milk.
  2. [from 1898] dairy products such as condensed milk or powdered milk

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “ミルク”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. “ミルク”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. 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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