Japanese edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bateira (boat).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

バッテラ (battera

  1. a type of sushi with a piece of pressed mackerel on it (Ōsaka style)
  2. a boat, especially a smaller launch or dinghy kept on a larger ship

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN