ワンルーム

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from one +‎ room.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ワンル​ーム [wàńrúꜜùmù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝã̠nɾɯ̟ᵝːmɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ワンルーム • (wanrūmu) 

  1. studio (studio flat/apartment)

Descendants
  • → Korean: 원룸 (wollum)

References
  1. 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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