ケージービー

Japanese
ケージービー (Kējībī): the emblem of the KGB.

Etymology

Borrowed from English KGB,[1] itself from Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”) and acronymization.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ケージービ​ー [kèéjííbíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːʑiːbʲiː]

Proper noun

ケージービー • (Kējībī) 

  1. the KGB

Usage notes

Not as common as the Russian-derived term カーゲーベー (Kāgēbē).

Synonyms
  • カーゲーベー (Kāgēbē)
  • ソ連国家保安委員会(れんこっかほあんいいんかい) (Soren Kokka Hoan Iinkai)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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