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ＶＩＰ (ブイ・アイ・ピー) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＶＩＰ

also: ビップ · ヴィップ · ブイアイピー

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Meanings

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noun

VIP; very important person

Standard loanword for a person of high status or importance, used in business, events, and media.

彼かれはＶＩＰとしてパーティーに招しょう待たいされた。
He was invited to the party as a VIP.
ＶＩＰルームは関かん係けい者しゃ以い外がい立たち入いり禁きん止しです。
The VIP room is off-limits to unauthorized personnel.

Written forms

ＶＩＰ
- ブイ・アイ・ピー
  Standard full-width Latin alphabet spelling, commonly used in Japanese.
- ビップ
- ヴィップ
ビップ
Katakana spelling reflecting a clipped pronunciation; used in casual contexts.
ヴィップ
Katakana spelling with ヴ for the V sound; less common than ビップ.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'VIP', an acronym for 'very important person'. The reading ブイ・アイ・ピー reflects the English letter names, while ビップ and ヴィップ are Japanese approximations of the acronym as a word.