きりばこ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
霧箱

Etymology

From 霧(きり) (kiri) + 箱(はこ) (hako). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きりばこ [kìríbákó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɾʲiba̠ko̞]

Noun

きりばこ • (kiribako) ←きりばこ (kiribako)?

  1. cloud chamber

See also

  • 泡箱(あわばこ) (awabako)

References

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