金魚鉢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
ぎょ
Grade: 2
はち > ばち
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 金魚 (kingyo, goldfish) + (hachi, bowl). The hachi changes to bachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぎょばち [kìńgyóꜜbàchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲo̞ba̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

(きん)(ぎょ)(ばち) • (kingyobachi) 

  1. goldfish bowl

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
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