スキンシップ

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from skin +‎ -ship;[1] possibly by analogy with English kinship

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) スキンシ​ップ [sùkíńshíꜜppù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [sɨ̥ᵝkʲĩɰ̃ɕi̥p̚pɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

スキンシップ • (sukinshippu) 

  1. skinship (bonding through physical contact)

Descendants
  • → English: skinship (calque)
  • → Korean: 스킨십 (seukinsip)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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