シャボン玉

Japanese
Kanji in this term
玉
Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of シャボン (shabon, “soap”) +‎ 玉 (tama, “ball”).[1] The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) シャボンだま [shàbóńdámá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠bõ̞nda̠ma̠]

Noun

シャボン玉 (hiragana and katakana シャボンだま, rōmaji shabondama)

  1. a soap bubble

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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