シャワー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shower.[1]

Pronunciation

    Noun

    シャワー • (shawā) 

    1. shower (a device for bathing)
    2. shower (an instance of using this device)
      シャワーを浴(あ)びてくる。
      Shawā o abite kuru.
      I’m going to go take a shower.
    3. (physics) shower (a cascade of secondary particles produced when high-energy particles enter dense matter)
    • シャワーカーテン (shawā kāten)
    • 空気(くうき)シャワー (kūki shawā)
    • カスケードシャワー (kasukēdo shawā)

    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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