駅弁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駅	弁
えき Grade: 3	べん Grade: 5
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
驛辨 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 駅 (eki, “station”) +‎ 弁当 (bentō, “boxed lunch”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “sex position”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えきべん [èkíbéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [e̞kʲibẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

駅(えき)弁(べん) • (ekiben)

a bento (boxed lunch) sold at railroad stations
(sex) a sex position which consists of one participant carrying the other while penetrating them

Derived terms

駅(えき)弁(べん)大(だい)学(がく) (Ekiben Daigaku)
空(そら)弁(べん) (soraben)

Descendants

→ English: ekiben

References

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