ソース

ソース · soosu · JLPT N1 · noun

beginning

ソース is a loanword from English 'sauce' — same meaning, same sound: soosu for source, sauce alike.

Japanese borrowed 'sauce' as ソース, which also covers 'source' in the sense of origin. Think of it as the English word 'sauce' pronounced 'soosu'.

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