コンプレックス

Japanese

Etymology

From German Komplex[1] or English complex.[1][2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) コンプレ​ックス [kòńpúréꜜkkùsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[5][3][6]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞mpɯ̟ᵝɾe̞k̚kɯ̟̊ᵝsɨᵝ]

Noun

コンプレックス • (konpurekkusu) 

  1. (psychology) a complex
    マザーコンプレックス
    mazākonpurekkusu
    Oedipus complex
    ロリータ・コンプレックス
    rorīta konpurekkusu
    Lolita complex
  2. (informal) insecurity
    貧(ひん)乳(にゅう)に対(たい)してコンプレックスを抱(いだ)く
    hinnyū ni taishite konpurekkusu o idaku
    to be insecure about one's flat chest
    優(ゆう)秀(しゅう)な兄(あ)に対(にたい)してコンプレックスを抱(いだ)く
    yūshū na ani ni taishite konpurekkusu o idaku
    to feel insecure because of one's star brother

See also

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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