財布
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 財 | 布 |
| さい Grade: 5 |
ふ Grade: 5 |
| kan'on | goon |
Etymology
Appears to be a Japanese coinage based on Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 財 (sai, “wealth, money”) + 布 (fu, “cloth [pouch]”). Found in texts starting from 1675.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
財布 • (saifu)
- a container for one's money: a wallet, a coin purse, a billfold, a pocketbook
- 私は財布をなくしました。
- Watashi wa saifu o nakushimashita.
- I lost my wallet.
- 私は財布をなくしました。
See also
- 札入れ (satsuire): billfold
- 巾着 (kinchaku): a kind of traditional Japanese drawstring purse
- 提げ物 (sagemono): the general term for anything carried by hanging it from one's 帯 (obi, “belt or sash”)
- 蝦蟇口 (gamaguchi): a clasped coin purse
- はこせこ (hakoseko): a kind of traditional Japanese boxy purse
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ 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