ルーズ

Japanese

Etymology

From English loose.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーズ [rúꜜùzù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝːzɨᵝ]

Adjective

ルーズ • (rūzu) -na (adnominal ルーズ (rūzu na na), adverbial ルーズ (rūzu ni ni))

  1. lax
    ()(かん)ルーズ
    jikan ni rūzu
    never on time
    (literally, “lax about time”)

Inflection

Noun

ルーズ • (rūzu) 

  1. Short for ルーズソックス (rūzu sokkusu).

References

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