相棒
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 相 | 棒 |
| あい Grade: 3 |
ぼう Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi | goon |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 相 (ai, “fellow”) + 棒 (bō, “pole”).
Its original meaning referred to the second person carrying a 駕籠 (kago), a kind of form of transportation used by peasantry in feudal Japan involving a compartment suspended by a long pole inside which people would be carried.[1]
First attested in 1773.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) あいぼー [àíbóó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) あいぼー [àíbóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [a̠ibo̞ː]
Noun[edit]
- [early 1900s] partner, sidekick (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “相棒”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
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- Japanese terms spelled with 相 read as あい
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