倉庫番

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倉	庫	番
そう Grade: 4	こ Grade: 3	ばん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 倉庫 (sōko, “warehouse”) +‎ 番 (ban, “guard, watch”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーこばん [sòókóbáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːko̞bã̠ɴ]

Noun

倉(そう)庫(こ)番(ばん) • (sōkoban)

warehouseman, guard or keeper of a warehouse
- 1939, Hideo Oguma, 諷刺大学生
  諷刺作家志望(ふうしさっかしぼう)などを取(と)り下(さ)げて工場(こうじょう)の倉庫番(そうこばん)にでも就職(しゅう)し給(ょくしたま)へ
  fūshi sakka shibō nado o torisagete kōjō no sōkoban ni demo shūshoku shi tamahe
  give up being an aspirant satirist, and be employed as a warehouseman of a factory

Synonyms

倉庫業者(そうこぎょうしゃ) (sōko gyōsha)
倉庫係(そうこがかり) (sōko gakari)

Proper noun

倉(そう)庫(こ)番(ばん) • (Sōkoban)

Sokoban (a computer puzzle game)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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