バーチャル

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • (rare) バーチュアル (bāchuaru)

Etymology

Borrowed from English virtual.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) バ​ーチャル [báꜜàchàrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ːt͡ɕa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

バーチャル • (bācharu) -na (adnominal バーチャルな (bācharu na na), adverbial バーチャルに (bācharu ni ni))

  1. virtual (simulated)
    バーチャルな都(と)市(し)
    bācharu na toshi
    virtual city
    リアルとバーチャルの融(ゆう)合(ごう)
    riaru to bācharu no yūgō
    a melding of the real and the virtual
  2. virtual (operating by computer)
    バーチャルな社(しゃ)会(かい)
    bācharu na shakai
    virtual company

Inflection

Noun

バーチャル • (bācharu) 

  1. (only in compounds) being virtual
    はいどーも!バーチャルYouTuber(ユーチューバー)のキズナアイです!
    Hai dōmo! Bācharu Yūchūbā no Kizuna Ai desu!
    Hello! I'm Kizuna AI, the virtual YouTuber!

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References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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