豚箱

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぶた
Grade: S
はこ > ばこ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
ブタ箱

Etymology

Compound of (ぶた) (buta, pig) + (はこ) (hako, box). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぶた)(ばこ) or 豚箱(ブタばこ) (butabako

  1. (colloquial, informal) police cell

Synonyms

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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN