倉庫番

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倉庫番 (Sōkoban): an image from the Sokoban video game.
Kanji in this term
倉 庫 番
そう
Grade: 4 		こ
Grade: 3 		ばん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 倉庫 (sōko, “warehouse”) +‎ 番 (ban, “guard, watch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

倉(そう)庫(こ)番(ばん) • (sōkoban) 

  1. warehouseman, guard or keeper of a warehouse
    • 1939, Hideo Oguma, 諷刺大学生
      諷刺作家志望(ふうしさっかしぼう)などを取(と)り下(さ)げて工場(こうじょう)の倉庫番(そうこばん)にでも就職(しゅう)し給(ょくしたま)へ
      fūshi sakka shibō nado o torisagete kōjō no sōkoban ni demo shūshoku shi tamahe
      give up being an aspirant satirist, and be employed as a warehouseman of a factory

Synonyms

Proper noun

倉(そう)庫(こ)番(ばん) • (Sōkoban) 

  1. Sokoban (a computer puzzle game)

References

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