ラーメン

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
拉麺
老麺 (obsolete)
柳麺 (obsolete)
ラーメン: ramen.

Borrowed from Mandarin 拉麵／拉面 (lāmiàn, literally “pulled noodles”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1930.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ラーメン or らーめん or らあめん • (rāmen) 

  1. ramen, a type of Chinese-style noodle dish
Synonyms
Descendants
  • → English: ramen
  • → Korean: 라면 (ramyeon)
  • → Russian: рамэн (ramɛn)
  • → Tagalog: ramen
  • → Thai: ราเม็ง (raa-meng)

Etymology 2

From German Rahmen (“frame”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ラ​ーメン [ráꜜàmèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠ːmẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

ラーメン • (rāmen) 

  1. (architecture, construction) rigid frame
Derived terms

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, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  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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