スプーン

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スプーン (supūn): a spoon.

Etymology

Borrowed from English spoon.^[1]^[2]

First attested in 1860.^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) スプーン [sùpúꜜùǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨpɯ̟̃ːɴ]

Noun

スプーン • (supūn) (counter つ)

[from 1860] spoon
スプーンは無(な)い。
Supūn wa nai.
There is no spoon.

Usage notes

The term スプーン (supūn) is generally reserved for the western-style utensil. The flat-bottomed Asian-style soup spoon is not called a スプーン (supūn).

Synonyms

匙(さじ) (saji)
蓮(れん)華(げ) (renge)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “スプーン”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-3] “スプーン”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

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