けしょうばこ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
化粧箱

Etymology

From 化(け)粧(しょう) (keshō) + 箱(はこ) (hako). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けしょーばこ [kèshóꜜòbàkò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ɕo̞ːba̠ko̞]

Noun

けしょうばこ • (keshōbako) ←けしやうばこ (kesyaubako)?

  1. cosmetics box
  2. fancy gift box
    化(け)粧(しょう)箱(ばこ)入(い)り
    keshōbako-iri
    giftboxed

References

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