ルックス

Japanese

Etymology 1

From English looks.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ルックス • (rukkusu) 

  1. looks (appearance)
    Synonym: 容貌 (yōbō)
    ルックスが良(い)い人(ひと)
    rukkusu ga ii hito
    person with good looks

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ル​ックス [rúꜜkkùsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝk̚kɯ̟̊ᵝsɨᵝ]

Noun

ルックス • (rukkusu) 

  1. Alternative form of ルクス (rukusu, “lux”)

Counter

ルックス • (-rukkusu) 

  1. Alternative form of ルクス (rukusu, “lux”)
    • 1987 March 20 [Feb 20 1987], Fujiko Fujio, “宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん)レポート　サンプルＡ(エー)とＢ(ビー) [Alien Report: Samples A and B]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), volume 1 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 49:
      Ａ(エー)　Ｂ(ビー)両( りょう)者(しゃ)の受(じゅ)光(こう)孔(こう)はいっぱいに開(ひら)かれ　一(いち)ルックスの反(はん)射(しゃ)光(こう)をものがすまいとした
      Ē Bī ryōsha no jukōkō wa ippai ni hirakare ichi-rukkusu no hanshakō o mo nogasu mai to shita
      Both A and B’s light-receiving holes opened wide and endeavored not to miss even one lux of reflected light.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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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