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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 看板 (kanban, “sign, signage”) + 娘 (musume, “girl”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
看板娘 • (kanban musume)
- an attractive girl or young woman who stands outside a store to attract customers
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN