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laptop computer; notebook PC
A portable personal computer small enough to use on one's lap. A wasei-eigo compound from English 'notebook' + 'personal computer.'
A Japanese-coined compound (wasei-eigo) from 'notebook' + 'personal computer.' In English, the standard term is simply 'laptop,' while 'notebook PC' is sometimes used but less common.
Common collocations
- ノートパソコンを開く: to open a laptop
- ノートパソコンを閉じる: to close a laptop
- ノートパソコンを持ち歩く: to carry a laptop around
- ノートパソコンの充電: laptop charging
Forms
Often shortened to ノートPC or simply ノート in casual speech. The abbreviation パソコン itself comes from パーソナルコンピューター (personal computer) and is the standard Japanese word for PC.
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パソコン (PC (general))
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デスクトップ (desktop computer)
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タブレット (tablet)
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コンピューター (computer)