豚箱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豚	箱
ぶた Grade: S	はこ > ばこ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
ブタ箱

Etymology

Compound of 豚(ぶた) (buta, “pig”) + 箱(はこ) (hako, “box”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶたばこ [bùtábákó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ta̠ba̠ko̞]

Noun

豚(ぶた)箱(ばこ) or 豚箱(ブタばこ) • (butabako)

(colloquial, informal) police cell

Synonyms

留(りゅう)置(ち)場(じょう) (ryūchijō)

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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN