うけばこ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
受け箱受箱凵

Etymology

From 受(う)け (uke, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru).”) + 箱(はこ) (hako). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うけばこ [ùkéꜜbàkò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞ba̠ko̞]

Noun

うけばこ • (ukebako) ^{←うけばこ (ukebako)^?}

受け箱, 受箱: reception box
郵(ゆう)便(びん)受(うけ)箱(ばこ)
yūbin ukebako
mailbox
凵: the kanji component 凵

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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