"サラリーマン" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [sa̠ɾa̠ɾʲiːmã̠ɴ] Forms: sararīman [romanization]
Etymology: First cited to 1924. Although often described as wasei eigo (和製英語), this appears to derive from English phrase salaried man, which appears in print at least as early as 1828. The resulting Japanese term was then re-imported into English. Analyzable as サラリー (sararī) + マン (-man). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|en|-}} English, {{suffix|ja|サラリー|マン|tr1=sararī|tr2=-man}} サラリー (sararī) + マン (-man) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} サラリーマン • (sararīman)
  1. a salaryman (male office worker) Wikipedia link: Daijisen, Salaryman, ja:サラリーマン, ja:松村明, wasei eigo Categories (topical): Male people, Occupations Synonyms (shortening): リーマン (rīman) Related terms: サラリー (sararī), キャリアウーマン (kyariaūman), OL (ruby: O(オー), L(エル)) (alt: ōeru)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for サラリーマン meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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