ビーズ

Japanese

Etymology

From English beads. Attested from the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ビ​ーズ [bíꜜìzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bʲiːzɨᵝ]

Noun

ビーズ • (bīzu) 

1. beads, a bead (a small round object, especially one threaded on a cord for decorative purposes)

   Synonym: 南京玉 (nankindama)

   • 1938, Okamoto Kanako, “47. Handbag”, in Kibō sōshi: Zuihitsu kansō [Notebook of wishes: miscellaneous writings], page 255:

     五彩か七彩のビーズのつゞり合はした楕圓形のもののまはりに矢張り同じビーズでふさ／＼と房がついてゐる。

     Gosai ka nanasai no bīzu no tsuzuri awashita daenkei no mono no mawari ni yahari onaji bīzu de fusafusa to fusa ga tsuiteiru.

     An oval of five- or seven-colored beads bears, as expected, a luxurious tassel of the same type of beads.

   • 1999, Amano Ayako, Suteki ni bīzu no akursesarī [Lovely beadwork accessories], volume 2, page 50:

     アイボリーのバラの彫(ほ)りのブローチ、白(しろ)い濃(のう)淡(たん)のビーズのネックレス、ペーストヘッドのペンダント．．．何(なん)度(ど)も何(なん)度(ど)も手(て)にして眺(なが)めていました。

     Aiborī no bara no hori no burōchi, shiroi nōtan no bīzu no nekkuresu, pēsuto heddo no pendanto．．． nando mo nando mo te ni shite nagamete imashita.

     An ivory brooch carved with a rose, a necklace with subtle white beads, a paste head pendant... I have held them and gazed at them time and again.

   • 2017, Tomura Michio, Furō saitometori Q&A [Flow cytometry Q&A], page 182:

     事(じ)前(ぜん)準(じゅん)備(び)する試(し)薬(やく)としては，シース液(えき)，精(せい)度(ど)管(かん)理(り)用(よう)ビーズ，測(そく)定(てい)用(よう)のチューブやプレート，３０～４０μm( μm)径(けい)のナイロンメッシュやセルストレーナーなどがあげられます．

     Jizen junbi suru shiyaku to shite wa, shīsu eki, seido kanri yō bīzu, sokutei yō no chūbu ya purēto, ３０~４０ μm-kei no nairon messhu ya seru sutorēnā nado ga ageraremasu．

     With the reagents prepare in advance sheath fluid, beads for quality control, tubes or plates for measurement, 30 to 40μm diameter nylon mesh or cell strainers, etc.

2. beadwork, decoration with beads

See also

• 数珠(ずず) (zuzu, “(Buddhist) prayer beads”)
• ロザリオ (rozario, “rosary, (Catholic) prayer beads”)