倉庫番

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倉庫番 (Sōkoban): an image from the Sokoban video game.
Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 4

Grade: 3
ばん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 倉庫 (sōko, warehouse) +‎ (ban, guard, watch).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(そう)()(ばん) (sōkoban

  1. warehouseman, guard or keeper of a warehouse
    • 1939, Hideo Oguma, 諷刺大学生
      諷刺作家志望(ふうしさっかしぼう)などを()()げて工場(こうじょう)倉庫番(そうこばん)にでも就職(しゅう)(ょくしたま)
      fūshi sakka shibō nado o torisagete kōjō no sōkoban ni demo shūshoku shi tamahe
      give up being an aspirant satirist, and be employed as a warehouseman of a factory

Synonyms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(そう)()(ばん) (Sōkoban

  1. Sokoban (a computer puzzle game)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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