アットホーム

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from at home.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ットホーム [àttóhóꜜòmù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠t̚to̞ho̞ːmɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

アットホーム (attohōmu) -na (adnominal アットホーム (attohōmu na), adverbial アットホーム (attohōmu ni))

  1. cozy, homey, relaxed

Inflection

Noun

アットホーム (attohōmu) 

  1. a relaxed and informal dinner party
  2. a day spent at home, as opposed to a day spent at work or otherwise away

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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