ロボット

Japanese

Etymology

From English robot, from Czech robot.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ロボット [róꜜbòttò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
(Tokyo) ロボット [ròbóꜜttò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞bo̞t̚to̞]

Noun

ロボット • (robotto)

a robot
- 1999 September 23, “陸(りく)戦(せん)型(がた) バグロス [Ground Assault Bugloth]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
  
  陸(りく)上(じょう)戦(せん)闘(とう)ロボット。今(いま)はダメだが、海(うみ)でも使(つか)えたらしい。
  Rikujō sentō robotto. Ima wa dame da ga, umi de mo tsukaeta rashii.
  A robot for assault on the ground. It used to be used in the sea, too.
- 2002 November 21, “アクロバットモンキー [Acrobat Monkey]”, in ガーディアンの力 [Power of the Guardians], Konami:
  
  超(ちょう)最(さい)先(せん)端(たん)技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)により開(かい)発(はつ)されたモンキータイプの自(じ)律(りつ)型(がた)ロボット。非(ひ)常(じょう)にアクロバティックな動(うご)きをする。
  Chōsaisentan gijutsu ni yori kaihatsu sareta monkī taipu no jiritsugata robotto. Hijō ni akurobatikku na ugoki o suru.
  An autonomous monkey-type robot developed through super-cutting-edge technology. It can pull some over-the-top acrobatic moves.

See also

人(じん)造(ぞう)人(にん)間(げん) (jinzō ningen)

References

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