刺身包丁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さ(し)
Grade: S

Grade: 3
ほう > ぼう
Grade: 4
ちょう
Grade: 3

Etymology

Compound of 刺身 (sashimi, sashimi, raw fish slices) +‎ 包丁 (hōchō, knife). The hōchō changes to bōchō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しみぼーちょー [sàshímíbóꜜòchòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɕimʲibo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

(さし)()(ぼう)(ちょう) • (sashimibōchō

  1. a sashimi knife

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. 2.0 2.1 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