げたばこ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
下駄箱 げた箱

Etymology

From 下駄(げた) (geta, “clog”) + 箱(はこ) (hako, “box”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げたばこ [gètábákó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ta̠ba̠ko̞]

Noun

げたばこ • (getabako) ^{←げたばこ (getabako)?}

1. shoe cupboard (furniture)