航空便

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
航	空	便
こう Grade: 5	くう Grade: 1	びん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Short for 航空郵便. (which is less common).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーくうびん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

航(こう)空(くう)便(びん) • (kōkūbin) ^{←かうくうびん (kaukuubin)^?}

airmail; postal transport by airplane.
これを航空便(こうくうびん)でお願(ねが)いします。
Kore o kōkūbin de o-negaishimasu.
Please this by airmail.

See also

郵便(ゆうびん) (yūbin): mail, postal service
船便(ふなびん) (funabin): surface mail, seamail
郵便局(ゆうびんきょく) (yūbinkyoku): post office

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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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