コンビニ
Japanese
Etymology
Clipping of コンビニエンスストア (konbiniensu sutoa), itself from American English convenience store.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) コンビニ [kòńbíní] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
- IPA(key): [kõ̞mbʲiɲ̟i]
Noun
コンビニ • (konbini)
- convenience store (US); corner shop (UK); corner store (Canada, Australia)
Descendants
- → English: konbini
References
- “コンビニ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- “コンビニ”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN