ピン

See also: ビン

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese pinta (“a point, a mark”).[1][2][3][4][5]

Noun

ピン (rōmaji pin)

  1. an ace in cards or a "one" in dice
  2. the first or top item
  3. (idiomatic, from the way that servants would sometimes inflate prices by one-tenth and pocket the difference): the cut or percentage taken from something, the rake-off
Synonyms
  • (cut, percentage): ピンはね (pinhane)
Idioms
  • ピンからキリまで (pin kara kiri made): from start to finish
  • ピンを撥 (は)ねる (pin o haneru), ピンを行 (ゆ)く (pin o yuku): to skim or take a cut from an amount of money

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pin.[1][2][3][4][5]

Noun

ピン (rōmaji pin)

  1. a pin, such as a hairpin, tie pin, bowling pin, or golf pin

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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