クワタ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English quad.[1][2][3] Alternatively, may be a shift from English quadrat (from which quad is a shortening).[2][4]

First cited to a bookmaking and printing-related work from 1948.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) クワタ [kúꜜwàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
(Tokyo) クワタ [kùwátá] (Heiban – [0])[3]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠ta̠]

Noun

クワタ • (kuwata)

[from 1948] (typography) a quad: a spacer used in metal typesetting
Hypernym: 込め物 (komemono, literally “insert, inserted thing”)

Coordinate terms: インテル (interu, “interline”), スペース (supēsu, “space”)

全(ぜん)角(かく)クワタ、半(はん)角(かく)クワタ
zenkaku kuwata, hankaku kuwata
an em quad, an en quad

References

“クワタ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
“クワタ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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