カーゲーベー

Japanese
カーゲーベー (Kāgēbē): the emblem of the KGB.

Etymology

From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) カーゲーベ​ー [kàágéébéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ːɡe̞ːbe̞ː]

Proper noun

カーゲーベー (rōmaji Kāgēbē)

  1. the KGB

Usage notes

More common than the English-derived term ケージービー (Kējībī).

Synonyms
  • ケージービー (kējībī)
  • ソ連国家保安委員会 (れんこっかほあんいいんかい) (Soren Kokka Hoan Iinkai)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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