豚箱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豚	箱
ぶた Grade: S	はこ > ばこ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
ブタ箱

Etymology

Compound of 豚(ぶた) (buta, “pig”) + 箱(はこ) (hako, “box”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶたばこ [bùtábákó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝta̠ba̠ko̞]

Noun

豚(ぶた)箱(ばこ) • (butabako)

(colloquial, informal) police cell

Synonyms

留(りゅう)置(ち)場(じょう) (ryūchijō)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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