スカウト

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English scout.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ウト [sùkáꜜùtò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [sɨ̥ᵝka̠ɯ̟ᵝto̞]

Noun

スカウト • (sukauto) 

  1. a scout (one who identifies promising talent)
  2. a scout (member of the scout movement)

Verb

スカウトする • (sukauto suru) suru (stem スカウトし (sukauto shi), past スカウトした (sukauto shita))

  1. to recruit
  2. (specifically) to recruit into the sex industry

Conjugation

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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