豚箱

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

豚箱 (hiragana ぶたばこ, rōmaji butabako)

  1. police cell

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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