弁当

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Japanese

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A typical bento
A homemade bento
Kanji in this term
べん
Grade: 5
(ateji)
とう
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
辨當 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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/bentau//bentɔː//bentoː/

Borrowed from Chinese 便當便当 (biàndang, convenient).

The use of for ben is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字), due to 便 having another sense of "human excrement'.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Expand etymology, such as a short history of the bento; citation needed since it's common "knowledge" that Mandarin got the word from Japanese.”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(べん)(とう) (bentōべんたう (bentau)?

  1. food brought on the go
  2. bento (takeaway lunch served in a box)
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  4. (law) Synonym of 執行猶予 (shikkō yūyo): a suspended sentence

Derived terms

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Idioms

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Descendants

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  • Cantonese: 便當便当 (bin6 dong3)
  • English: bento
  • Hokkien: 便當便当 (piān-tong)
  • Indonesian: bento
  • Korean: 벤토 (bento)
  • Mandarin: 便當便当 (biàndāng)
  • Russian: бэнто́ (bɛntó), бэ́нто (bɛ́nto)

Noun

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弁当(べんと) (bento

  1. (dialectal, Kagoshima) bento (takeaway lunch served in a box)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.