段ボール

Japanese
Kanji in this term
段
だん
Grade: 6
goon

Etymology

Compound of 段 (dan, “step, stair, flight of stairs”, in reference to the "steps" in the corrugations) +‎ ボール (bōru, “board”, in reference to ボール紙 (bōru-gami, “cardboard, pasteboard”)).[1][2]

First cited to a work from 1939.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) だんボ​ール [dàńbóꜜòrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [dã̠mbo̞ːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

段(だん)ボール or 段(ダン)ボール • (danbōru) 

  1. [from 1939] corrugated cardboard

References
  1. “段ボール”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “段ボール”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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