ボタン

ボタン · botan · JLPT N5 · noun

button

ボタン — button

🔘 botan = button, borrowed from Portuguese botão

A loanword written in katakana, which signals foreign origin. It came from Portuguese botão centuries ago, so it sounds nearly identical to English button: bo-tan. Covers both clothing buttons and push buttons.

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