コンビニ

Japanese

Etymology

Clipping of コンビニエンスストア (konbiniensu sutoa), itself from American English convenience store.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) コンビニ [kòńbíní] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
IPA^(key): [kõ̞mbʲiɲ̟i]

Noun

コンビニ • (konbini)

convenience store (US); corner shop (UK); corner store (Canada, Australia)

Descendants

→ English: konbini

References

“コンビニ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
“コンビニ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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