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Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
ぎょ
Grade: 2
はち > ばち
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 金魚 (kingyo, goldfish) +‎ (hachi, bowl). The hachi changes to bachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(きん)(ぎょ)(ばち) (kingyobachi

  1. goldfish bowl

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN