倉庫番

Japanese
Kanji in this term
倉 庫 番
そう
Grade: 4		 こ
Grade: 3		 ばん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) そーこばん [sòókóbáń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ːko̞bã̠ɴ]

Noun

倉(そう)庫(こ)番(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)などを取(と)り下(さ)げて工場(こうじょう)の倉庫番(そうこばん)にでも就職(しゅう)し給(ょくしたま)へ
      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
  • 倉庫業者(そうこぎょうしゃ) (sōko gyōsha)
  • 倉庫係(そうこがかり) (sōko gakari)

Proper noun

倉(そう)庫(こ)番(ばん) • (Sōkoban) 

  1. Sokoban (a computer puzzle game)

References
  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
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