ドル箱

ドル箱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
箱
はこ > ばこ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From ドル (doru, “dollar”) + 箱(はこ) (hako, “box”, rendaku form 箱(ばこ) (bako)), coined by analogy with 千(せん)両(りょう)箱(ばこ) (senryōbako).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do̞ɾɯ̟ᵝba̠ko̞]

Noun

ドル箱(ばこ) • (dorubako) 

1. (informal) someone or something lucrative; cash cow

Synonyms

• 儲(もう)かる (mōkaru) (verb)