千本

Japanese
Kanji in this term
千 本
せん
Grade: 1		 ほん > ぼん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 千 (sen, “one thousand”) +‎ 本 (hon, counter for long slender objects). The hon changes to bon as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せ​んぼん [séꜜǹbòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • (Tokyo) せんぼん [sèńbóń] (Heiban – [0])[1] additional permissible pitch accent for adverbial usage
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞mbõ̞ɴ]

Noun

千(せん)本(ぼん) • (senbon) 

  1. One thousand long slender objects.
    1. Acupuncture needles.
    2. Throwing needles.

Usage notes
  • The long slender objects could be small, such as pins or pencils, or large, such as trees.

Proper noun

千(せん)本(ぼん) • (Senbon) 

  1. an avenue in Kyōto
  2. a train station and the surrounding area in Tatsuno, Hyōgo Prefecture

Usage notes
  • This is often also romanized as Sembon.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading
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