弁当

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弁	当
べん Grade: 5	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

A typical bento

A homemade bento

Etymology

From Sinitic 便當／便当 (biàndang, “convenient”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) べんとー [bèńtóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [bẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

弁当 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 辨當, hiragana べんとう, rōmaji bentō)

bento

Synonyms

お弁 (べん)当 (とう) (obentō), 御 (お)弁 (べん)当 (とう) (obentō)

Compounds

弁当箱 (べんとうばこ) (bentōbako)

Descendants

Chinese
Mandarin: 便當／便当 (biàndāng)

Min Nan: 便當／便当 (piān-tong)
English: bento

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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