ブックエンド

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bookend.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ックエンド [bùkkúéꜜǹdò] (Nakadaka – [4])[3]
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟k̚kɯ̟ẽ̞ndo̞]

Noun

ブックエンド • (bukkuendo

  1. a bookend, a pair of bookends

Synonyms

  • (ほん)() (hondate)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN