豚箱
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 豚 | 箱 |
| ぶた Grade: S | はこ > ばこ Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 豚 (buta, “pig”) + 箱 (hako, “box”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぶたばこ [bùtábákó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [bɯ̟ᵝta̠ba̠ko̞]
Noun
豚箱 (hiragana ぶたばこ, rōmaji butabako)
- police cell
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN