駅弁

駅弁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駅	弁
えき Grade: 3	べん Grade: 5
kan’on	goon

Etymology

Blend of 駅 (eki, “station”) +‎ 弁当 (bentō, “boxed lunch”),

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) えきべん [èkíbéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [e̞kʲibẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

駅弁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 驛辨, hiragana えきべん, rōmaji ekiben)

1. a bento (boxed lunch) sold at a railroad station

Derived terms

• 駅弁 (えきべん)大学 (だいがく) (Ekiben Daigaku)
• 空弁 (そらべん) (soraben)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9