弁当
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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弁 | 当 |
べん Grade: 5 (ateji) | とう Grade: 2 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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辨當 (kyūjitai) |
Alternative forms
- (honorific) お弁当, 御弁当 (o-bentō)
Etymology
/bentau/ → /bentɔː/ → /bentoː/
Borrowed from Chinese 便當 (biàndang, “convenient”).
The use of 弁 for ben is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字), due to 便 having another sense of "human excrement'.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) べんとー [bèńtóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [bẽ̞nto̞ː]
Noun
弁当 • (bentō) ←べんたう (bentau)?
- food brought on the go
- bento (takeaway lunch served in a box)
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Derived terms
- 弁当箱 (bentō-bako)
- 駅弁 (ekiben)
- キャラ弁 (kyaraben), キャラ弁当 (kyara-bentō)
Idioms
- 弁当を使う (bentō o tsukau, “use a bento → eat a bento”)
Descendants
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 便當 (biàndāng)
- Cantonese: 便當 (bin6 dong3)
- Min Nan: 便當 (piān-tong)
- → English: bento
- → Indonesian: bento
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.