スクラム

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English scrum.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) スクラム [sùkúꜜràmù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• (Tokyo) スクラム [sùkúrámú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sɨkɯ̟ɾa̠mɯ̟]

Noun

スクラム • (sukuramu) 

1. (rugby) scrum
2. being arm in arm in a horizontal formation, such as of a line of people marching in a demonstration
   • 2014, “誓いの青年よ”:

     未来を創る スクラムここに

     The crowd that will shape the future is here.

References

1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN