Japanese

Noun

テレビ ‎(romaji terebi)

1. Short for テレビジョン ‎(terebijon, “television”); a TV
   • 1996 September 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “帰リ道その２ [The Way Home 2]”, in ショート・プログラム [Short Program], volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-121882-2, page 260:

     ぼくは、別べつにあわててはいなかった。もちろん初はじめての経けい験けんだったけど、ＴＶテレビやまんがではよく起おきることだし、タイムスリップや、タイムトリップとかいう言こと葉ばも知しっていた。

     Boku wa, betsu ni awatete wa inakatta. Mochiron hajimete no keiken datta kedo, terebi ya manga de wa yoku okiru koto dashi, taimu surippu ya, taimu torippu toka iu kotoba mo shitteita.

     I'm not really panicking right now. Of course this is the first time I've been in this situation, but this sort of thing happens in TV and comics all the time, and it's called a time slip or time trip or something.

   • 1994 July 16, Sandaimoku Kokontei Shinchō as the main narrator, 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ [Heisei Raccoon Dog War Ponpoko] (in Japanese), written by Isao Takahata, Toho:

     しかし、テレビの設 (せっ)置 (ち)は思 (おも)わぬ波 (は)紋 (もん)を広 (ひろ)げた。

     Shikashi, terebi no setchi wa omowanu hamon o hirogeta.

     However, the installation of the TV has helped spread the unforeseen interests.

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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 978-4-14-011112-3