Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
いち
Grade: 1
ばん
Grade: 2
ぶ > ふ
Grade: 2

Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
一番ぶろ

Etymology edit

From 一番(いちばん) (ichiban) + 風呂(ふろ) (furo). The furo changes to buro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ちばんぶろ [ìchíbáꜜǹbùrò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [it͡ɕibã̠mbɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Noun edit

一番風呂(いちばんぶろ) (ichiban-buroいちばんぶろ (itiban-buro)?

  1. being the first to enter a freshly-prepared bath

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN