イニシャル

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English initial.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) イニ​シャル [ìníꜜshàrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • (Tokyo) イ​ニシャル [íꜜnìshàrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iɲ̟iɕa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

イニシャル • (inisharu) 

  1. initial (first, placed at the beginning)
  2. initial (first letter of a word or name); initials (the first letter of each word of one's name in romaji or a European script as a unit)

Synonyms

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