航空便

Japanese

Kanji in this term
航	空	便
こう Grade: 4	くう Grade: 1	びん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Short for 航空郵便. (which is less common).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こーくうびん [kòókúúbíń] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkɯ̟ᵝːbʲĩɴ]

Noun

航空便 (hiragana こうくうびん, rōmaji kōkūbin, historical hiragana かうくうびん)

airmail; postal transport by airplane.
これを航空便 (こうくうびん)でお願 (ねが)いします。
Kore o kōkūbin de o-negaishimasu.
Please [deliver] this by airmail.

See also

郵便 (ゆうびん) (yūbin): mail, postal service
船便 (ふなびん) (funabin): surface mail, seamail
郵便局 (ゆうびんきょく) (yūbinkyoku): post office

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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