ランドセル

Japanese
Two sisters wearing randoseru

Etymology

Borrowed either from Dutch ransel with an epenthetic d, or from German Ranzen, or from German Landser (“soldier”) after the Tornister knapsacks German soldiers wore.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ランドセ​ル [ràńdóséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ランド​セル [ràńdóꜜsèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾã̠ndo̞se̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ランドセル • (randoseru) 

  1. randoseru (type of backpack worn by Japanese elementary schoolchildren)

Hypernyms

Descendants
  • → English: randoseru

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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