Skyscraper

Japanese: スカイスクレーパー
Skyscraper
〘 noun 〙 (skyscraper meaning "something that scrapes the sky") A super-tall building. A skyscraper. ※Amerika Monogatari (1908) by Kafu Nagai, Ichigakko no 2: "There were two or three big, tall Ryounkaku (skyscrapers) standing there."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (skyscraper 「空をこするもの」の意) 超高層ビルディング。摩天楼。※あめりか物語(1908)〈永井荷風〉市俄古の二日「大きな高い凌雲閣(スカイスクラッパー)の二つ三つ立って居るのが」

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