飴ん棒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飴	棒
あめ Hyōgaiji	ぼう Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Etymology

From 飴の棒 (ame no bō, literally “candy stick”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あめんぼー [àméńbóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠mẽ̞mbo̞ː]

Noun

飴(あめ)ん棒(ぼう) or 飴(アメ)ん棒(ボウ) • (amenbō) 

1. (dated) a lollipop

Usage notes

• This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as アメンボウ.

See also

• 飴(アメン)棒(ボ) (amenbo)