ワクチン

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vakzin.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ワ​クチン [wáꜜkùchìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕĩɴ]

Noun

ワクチン • (wakuchin) 

  1. (immunology) vaccine
  2. (dated) Clipping of ワクチンソフトウェア (wakuchin sofutowea, “antivirus software”).

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →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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