豚箱

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ぶた
Grade: S
はこ > ばこ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
ブタ箱

Etymology[edit]

Compound of (ぶた) (buta, pig) + (はこ) (hako, box). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ぶた)(ばこ) or 豚箱(ブタばこ) (butabako

  1. (colloquial, informal) police cell

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN