センター

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English center, centre.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) センター [séꜜǹtàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nta̠ː]

Noun

センター • (sentā)

a center (point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle or on the surface of a sphere)
a center (middle portion of something)
a center (point on a line midway between the ends)
a center (place where a function or activity occurs)
テストセンター ― tesuto sentā ― test center
(baseball, softball) Synonym of 中堅手 (chūkenshu, “center fielder”)
Ellipsis of センターポジション (sentā pojishon, “member in an idol group who is the center of focus”).

Synonyms

(point, middle portion): 中(ちゅう)心(しん) (chūshin), 中(ちゅう)央(おう) (chūō), 真(ま)ん中(なか) (mannaka)
(place): 会(かい)館(かん) (kaikan), 場(じょう) (-jō)

Derived terms

センター試(し)験(けん) (sentā shiken)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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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