ナイロン
ナイロン · nairon · JLPT N2 · noun
nylon
🧵 Sounds like nigh-lon: nylon is a near-silk, a long synthetic thread
Nylon was DuPont's 1935 synthetic fiber, developed as a low-cost stand-in for silk. The katakana ナイロン closely follows the English sound.
ナイロン · nairon · JLPT N2 · noun
nylon
🧵 Sounds like nigh-lon: nylon is a near-silk, a long synthetic thread
Nylon was DuPont's 1935 synthetic fiber, developed as a low-cost stand-in for silk. The katakana ナイロン closely follows the English sound.