エンゼル

Japanese

Alternative forms

• (uncommon) エンジェル (enjeru)

Etymology

Borrowed from English angel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞nd͡ze̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

エンゼル • (enzeru) 

1. (rare, literary) angel

   Synonym: 天使 (tenshi)

   • 1928, On Watanabe, Ivan to Ivan no Ani [Ivan and Ivan’s Elder Brother]‎^[1]:

     最(も)早(は)や思(おも)い残(のこ)すことのない父親(おやじ)は、やがて、エンゼルの姿(すがた)をした二人(ふたり)の息(むす)子(こ)に手(て)をとられて色(いろ)とりどりの麗(うる)わしい花(はな)園(ぞの)を歩(ある)いている夢(ゆめ)を見(み)ながら、天(てん)国(ごく)へ去(さ)りました。

     Mohaya omoinokosu koto no nai oyaji wa, yagate, enzeru no sugata o shita futari no musuko ni te o torarete irotoridori no uruwashii hanazono o aruite iru yume o minagara, tengoku e sarimashita.

     Father, no longer suffering any regrets, soon departed for heaven, accompanied by angels in the form of his two sons taking him by the hands and walking through a beautiful garden of flowers.

   • 1952, Sakae Tsuboi, Nijū-shi no Hitomi [Twenty-four Eyes]‎^[2]:

     六(ろく)年(ねん)生(せい)ともなれば、みんなはもうエンゼルのように小(ちい)さな羽(はね)を背(せ)中(なか)につけて、力(ちから)いっぱいに羽(はね)ばたいているのだ。

     Rokunensei to mo nareba, minna wa mō enzeru no yō ni chīsana hane o senaka ni tsukete, chikaraippai ni hanebataite iru no da.

     Being now in the sixth grade, everyone sprouts small angel’s wings from their backs, and takes off into the world with full strength.

2. (business, finance, uncommon) angel investor
   • 2006, Okabayashi Hideaki, Saishin tōshi fando no kihon to shikumi ga yōku wakaru hon [Understanding the fundamentals and structuring of the latest investment funds], page 129:

     「ベンチャーファンド」の資金調達(しきんちょうたつ)は証券取引法(しょうけんとりひきほう)の「私募形式(しぼけいしき)」で行(おこな)い、銀行(ぎんこう)、保険会社(ほけんがいしゃ)、事業会社(じぎょうがいしゃ)、大学法人(だいがくほうじん)、エンゼル(IPO したベンチャー企業(きぎょう)のオーナーなど)などが出資者(しゅっししゃ)となります。

     “Benchā fando” no shikin chōtatsu wa Shōken Torihiki Hō no “shibo keishiki” de okonai, ginkō, hokengaisha, jigyōgaisha, daigaku hōjin, enzeru (IPO shita benchā kigyō no ōnā nado) nado ga shusshisha to narimasu.

     Financing of “venture funds” is classified by the Securities Exchange Law as “private placement format”, and investors include banks, insurance companies, corporations, university endowments, angel investors (owners of IPO start-ups etc.), and the like.