ふせじ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
伏せ字
伏字

Etymology

From 伏(ふ)せ (fuse, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 伏(ふ)せる (fuseru).”) + 字(じ) (ji).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ふせじ [fùséjí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝse̞ʑi]

Noun

ふせじ • (fuseji) ←ふせじ (fusezi)?

  1. censorship of text by obscuring parts of it, using symbols like (in Japanese practice) ○ (○) or (in Western practice) *

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