段ボール

Japanese

Kanji in this term
段
だん Grade: 6
goon

Etymology

Compound of 段 (dan, “step, stair, flight of stairs”, in reference to the "steps" in the corrugations) +‎ ボール (bōru, “board”, in reference to ボール紙 (bōru-gami, “cardboard, pasteboard”)).^[1]^[2]

First cited to a work from 1939.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だんボール [dàńbóꜜòrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[3]
IPA^(key): [dã̠mbo̞ːɾɯ̟]

Noun

段(だん)ボール or 段(ダン)ボール • (danbōru)

[from 1939] corrugated cardboard

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “段ボール”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “段ボール”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJc-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “段ボール”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[N-2] “段ボール”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

[DJR-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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