きりばこ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
霧箱

Etymology

From 霧(きり) (kiri) + 箱(はこ) (hako). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きりばこ [kìríbákó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɾʲiba̠ko̞]

Noun

きりばこ • (kiribako) ^{←きりばこ (kiribako)?}

1. cloud chamber

See also

• 泡箱(あわばこ) (awabako)