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タイプライター (taipuraitaa) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

タイプライター

also: タイプライタ

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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Refers to the mechanical or electric device for typing characters onto paper. The word is a direct loan from English and is used in the same sense.

祖そ父ふは古ふるいタイプライターで手て紙がみを書かいていた。

My grandfather used to write letters on an old typewriter.

この小しょう説せつはタイプライターで打うたれた原げん稿こうで発はっ見けんされた。

This novel was discovered as a manuscript typed on a typewriter.

Usage patterns

タイプライターを打うつto type on a typewriter
彼かの女じょは古ふるいタイプライターを打うつのが得とく意いだった。
She was skilled at typing on the old typewriter.
タイプライターで〈事こと〉を打うつto type something out on a typewriter
秘ひ書しょはタイプライターで手て紙がみを打うった。
The secretary typed the letter on a typewriter.

Related words

ワープロN4
タイプライター is the older mechanical/electric typing machine, while ワープロ is the electronic word-processing device that replaced it.

Don't confuse with

キーボードN2
タイプライター refers to the whole typing machine, whereas キーボード is just the set of keys, which can be a part of a タイプライター or a separate input device.
タイプN4
タイプ is the casual, shortened form of タイプライター, so learners may mistake it for the full word when it actually just means 'typewriter' in this abbreviated sense.
タイピストN1
タイプライター is the typewriter machine itself, while タイピスト is the person who operates it, so they are easily mixed up despite sharing the root タイプ.
ワープロN4
ワープロ lets you edit and save text digitally before printing, while a タイプライター is a purely mechanical device that prints each keystroke directly onto paper.

Counted with

台だいN4
stand; base; platform; table; rack · setting (of a gem); mounting · stock (in grafting) · counter for machines and vehicles · level; mark; range; decade (of one's life) · tall building (with a fine view); observation platform · plateau; heights

Word family

和わ文ぶんタイプライター
Japanese typewriter
欧おう文ぶんタイプライター
Western typewriter; typewriter using Roman letters
邦ほう文ぶんタイプライター
Japanese typewriter; typewriter for Japanese text

Built from

タイプ+ライター

Written forms

タイプライターUsage94%
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'typewriter'.
タイプライタUsage6%
Variant spelling without the final long vowel; less common but recognized.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'typewriter'. The variant タイプライタ reflects an earlier or simplified adaptation of the English pronunciation.