サービスエリア

Japanese

Alternative spelling
SA (transport, abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from English service area.[1][2]

First attested in 1955.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ービスエリア [sàábísú éꜜrìà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][3][2]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ːbʲisɨ e̞ɾʲia̠]

Noun

サービスエリア • (sābisu eria

  1. [from 1967] (transport) service area, services
  2. [from 1955] (broadcasting) service area (the area covered by the signal of a broadcasting station); coverage
    Synonym: カバレッジ (kabarejji)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 サービス‐エリア”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  3. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN