駅弁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駅	弁
えき Grade: 3	べん Grade: 5
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
驛辨 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 駅 (eki, “station”) +‎ 弁当 (bentō, “boxed lunch”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “sex position”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えきべん [èkíbéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [e̞kʲibẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

駅(えき)弁(べん) • (ekiben)

ekiben (bento sold at railroad stations)
(sex) ekiben; suspended congress (sex position which consists of one participant carrying the other while penetrating them)
Synonym: 立位 (ritsui)

Derived terms

駅(えき)弁(べん)大(だい)学(がく) (Ekiben Daigaku)
空(そら)弁(べん) (soraben)

Descendants

→ English: ekiben
→ Korean: 에키벤 (ekiben)
→ Mandarin: 鐵路便當 / 铁路便当, 火車便當 / 火车便当 (huǒchē biàndāng) (partial calque)

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