ロードローラー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English road roller.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ロードロ​ーラー [ròódóróꜜòràà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːdo̞ɾo̞ːɾa̠ː]

Noun

ロードローラー • (rōdorōrā) 

  1. road roller; steamroller
    • 1992 April 13, Hirohiko Araki, “D(デ)I(ィ)O(オ)の完(かん)全(ぜん)勝(しょう)利(り)!?の巻(まき)” (chapter 263), in ジョジョの奇妙(きみょう)な冒険(ぼうけん) [Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]; published in 週刊少年ジャンプ [Weekly Shōnen Jump], number 17, Tokyo: Shueisha, page 292:
      ロードローラーだッ！
      It's a road roller!

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