食器棚

Japanese

食器棚 (shokkidana): a tableware cupboard.
Kanji in this term
しょく > しょっ
Grade: 2

Grade: 4
たな > だな
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 食器 (shokki, tableware) + (tana, shelf, shelving).[1] The tana changes to dana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょっきだな [shòkkídáná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞k̚ʲkʲida̠na̠]

Noun

食器棚 (hiragana しょっきだな, rōmaji shokkidana)

  1. a tableware cupboard
    Synonym: 食器戸棚 (shokki todana) (specifically a tableware cupboard or other shelving unit with doors)
  2. a buffet, a sideboard

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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