相棒

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
相 棒
あい
Grade: 3 		ぼう
Grade: 6
kun'yomi goon

Etymology

Compound of 相(あい) (ai, “fellow”) + 棒(ぼう) (bō, “pole”).

Its original meaning referred to the second person carrying a 駕籠(かご) (kago), a kind of form of transportation used by peasantry in feudal Japan involving a compartment suspended by a long pole inside which people would be carried.[1]

First attested in 1773.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

相(あい)棒(ぼう) • (aibō) ←あひばう (afibau)?

  1. partner, sidekick (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “相棒”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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