刺身包丁

Japanese
刺身包丁 (sashimibōchō): a pair of sashimi knives.
Kanji in this term
刺 身 包 丁
さ(し)
Grade: S		 み
Grade: 3		 ほう > ぼう
Grade: 4		 ちょう
Grade: 3

Etymology

Compound of 刺身 (sashimi, “sashimi, raw fish slices”) +‎ 包丁 (hōchō, “knife”). The hōchō changes to bōchō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さしみぼ​ーちょー [sàshímíbóꜜòchòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɕimʲibo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

刺(さし)身(み)包(ぼう)丁(ちょう) • (sashimibōchō) 

  1. a sashimi knife

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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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