ドック

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English dock.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ドック [dóꜜkkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞k̚kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ドック • (dokku)

dock (structure)
- 1900, “鉄道唱歌・東海道編 (Tetsudō shōka Tōkaidō-hen)”:
  
  見(み)よやドツクに集(あつ)まりし　わが軍(ぐん)艦(かん)の壯(さう)大(だい)を
  Miyo ya dokku ni atsumarishi Waga gunkan no sōdai o
  Observe the grandeur of our warships assembled at the dock
Short for 人間ドック (ningen dokku).

Derived terms

人(にん)間(げん)ドック (ningen dokku)

References

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

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