ドル箱

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
はこ > ばこ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From ドル (doru, dollar) + (はこ) (hako, box), coined by analogy with (せん)(りょう)(ばこ) (senryōbako). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ドル(ばこ) (dorubako

  1. (informal) someone or something lucrative; cash cow

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References[edit]

  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