ミルク

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English milk.^[1][2][3]

First cited in the 1870s.^[3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ミルク [míꜜrùkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][4]
• IPA^(key): [mʲiɾɯ̟kɯ̟]

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Noun

ミルク • (miruku) 

1. [from 1870s] (commercially sold) milk, usually cow's milk

   Synonyms: 牛乳 (gyūnyū, “cow's milk”), お乳 (ochichi, “milk (of mammals)”)

   私(わたし)はミルクを飲(の)む。

   Watashi wa miruku o nomu.

   I drink milk.

   私(わたし)はミルクを飲(の)んでいた。

   Watashi wa miruku o nondeita.

   I was drinking milk.

2. [from 1898] dairy products such as condensed milk or powdered milk

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. “ミルク”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. “ミルク”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
4. 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