こめびつ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
米櫃 米びつ

Etymology

From 米(こめ) (kome) + 櫃(ひつ) (hitsu). The hitsu changes to bitsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こめびつ [kòmébítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞me̞bʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

こめびつ • (komebitsu) ^{←こめびつ (komebitu)?}

1. rice chest; box for storing rice grains