アナ

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of アナウンサー (anaunsā, “announcer”), itself a borrowing from English announcer.[3][4][1][2]

Appears in texts from 1933.[3]

Noun

アナ • (ana) 

  1. clipping of アナウンサー (anaunsā, “a media announcer, a TV or radio presenter”)

Suffix

アナ • (-ana) 

  1. Honorific used for news announcers.
    山(やま)田(だ)アナ
    Yamada-ana
    Announcer Yamada

Etymology 2

Clipping of either アナーキスト (anākisuto), from English anarchist, or アナーキズム (anākizumu), from English anarchism.[3][4][1][2]

Appears in texts from 1948.[3]

Noun

アナ • (ana) 

  1. clipping of アナーキスト (anākisuto, “an anarchist”)
  2. clipping of アナーキズム (anākizumu, “anarchism”)
    アナ・ボル論(ろん)争(そう)
    Ana Boru Ronsō
    the Anarchist–Bolshevist dispute (a political controversy in Japan in 1922)
Coordinate terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  4. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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