鯖缶

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鯖	缶

Pronunciation

• (Common accent) さばかん [sàbákáń] (Heiban)

Etymology 1

鯖 (saba, “mackerel”) + 缶 (kan, “can”), from 缶詰 (kanzume, “canned food”)

Noun

鯖缶 (hiragana さばかん, romaji sabakan)

1. Canned mackerel.

Etymology 2

鯖 (saba, “mackerel”) ateji for サーバ (sāba, “server”) + 缶 (kan, “can”) ateji for 管理者 (kanrisha, “administrator”)

Noun

鯖缶 (hiragana さばかん, romaji sabakan)

1. (slang, computing) server administrator