トヨタ・スープラ
Toyota Sūpura
トヨタ・スープラ (Toyota Sūpura) is the Japanese way to say Toyota Supra.
The phrase refers to the sports car manufactured by the Japanese company Toyota.
What does it mean word for word?
The name is written using Katakana, which is the Japanese script used for loanwords and foreign-derived names. The middle dot (・) used between トヨタ and スープラ is a standard way in Japanese to separate a manufacturer from a model name.
How do you pronounce it?
Toyota Sūpura
Did you know?
- The name スープラ is derived from the Latin word 'supra', meaning 'above' or 'beyond'. This reflects the car's design goal of surpassing previous performance standards.
- While the name スープラ looks like a single word, the long vowel mark ー is a dedicated character in Katakana used specifically to stretch the sound of the preceding vowel.
- In Japanese car culture, enthusiasts often refer to the car simply as スープラ without the manufacturer name. In many contexts, adding トヨタ is considered redundant because the model name is so iconic.
Examples in context
- トヨタ スープラは素晴らしいクーペです。The Toyota Supra is an amazing coupe.
- あのスープラ速いね！That Supra is fast, isn't it!
- トヨタ・スープラはとても速いです。Toyota Supura wa totemo hayai desu.The Toyota Supra is very fast.
- 彼はトヨタ・スープラが大好きです。Kare wa Toyota Supura ga daisuki desu.He loves the Toyota Supra.
- あそこにトヨタ・スープラが止まっています。Asoko ni Toyota Supura ga tomatte imasu.A Toyota Supra is parked over there.
Example conversation
Yui and Yota are looking at cars in a magazine.
- 結衣 Yuiこのトヨタ・スープラ、かっこいいね。kono toyota suupura, kakkoii ne.This Toyota Supra is cool, isn't it?
- 陽太 Yota本当だね。性能も最高らしいよ。hontou da ne. seinou mo saikou rashii yo.You're right. I heard the performance is top-notch too.
- 結衣 Yui陽太君なら似合いそう。yota-kun nara niai sou.It looks like it would suit you, Yota.
- 陽太 Yotaいつか絶対に乗ってみたいな。itsuka zettai ni notte mitai na.I definitely want to drive one someday.
