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語源 1

Borrowed from Japanese 山葉 (Yamaha).

固有名詞

Yamaha

1. A surname from Japanese.

語源 2

Logo of Yamaha Corporation

Logo of Yamaha Motor Company

Yamaha YZ490 at exhibition in Zamora

From Japanese ヤマハ. Named after Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠 (Yamaha Torakusu)), the company's founder.

固有名詞

Yamaha

1. A Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate.

名詞

Yamaha (plural Yamahas)

1. A product manufactured by Yamaha, particularly a motorcycle.
   • 1975 January, Cycle World Magazine, page 71:

     Actually, if you can find an enduro in which non-street-legal machinery can compete, and the event isn't going to be an extremely difficult one, you can ride it on the Yamaha.

   • 1986 January, “Yamaha: Back To The Future”, in Cycle World, volume 25, number 1, page 32, column 3:

     By the time we were finished, we had learned that these new Yamahas are a lot of things—but that slow and boring definitely are not two of them.

   • 2009 June 18, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Existence, Historical Fabulation, Destiny, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 181:

     Astride my Yamaha I ride along the Savo road – on my way to the cinema to see the new Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me.

Further reading

• Yamaha Corporation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Yamaha Motor Company on Wikipedia.Wikipedia