飴ん棒

飴ん棒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飴	棒
あめ Hyōgaiji	ぼう Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Etymology

From 飴の棒 (ame no bō, literally “candy stick”)

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
  • (Tokyo) あめんぼー [àméńbóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠mẽ̞mbo̞ː]

Noun

飴ん棒 (hiragana あめんぼう, katakana アメンボウ, rōmaji amenbō)

1. (dated) a lollipop

See also

• 飴 (アメン)棒 (ボ) (amenbo)

Usage notes

• This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as アメンボウ.