ごみ箱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
箱
はこ > ばこ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
ゴミ箱
塵箱
芥箱

Etymology

Compound of 塵 (gomi, “trash, garbage”) and 箱 (hako, “box”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ごみばこ [gòmíbáꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • (Tokyo) ごみばこ [gòmíbákó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞mʲiba̠ko̞]

Noun

ごみ箱(ばこ) • (gomibako) 

  1. garbage can, trash can, rubbish bin

Synonyms

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