背表紙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
背	表	紙
せ Grade: 6	ひょう > びょう Grade: 3	し Grade: 2
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Etymology

背(せ) (se, “spine”) + 表紙(ひょうし) (hyōshi, “cover”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せびょーし [sèbyóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [se̞bʲo̞ːɕi]

Noun

背(せ)表(びょう)紙(し) • (sebyōshi) ^{←せべうし (sebeusi)^?}

spine (of a book)
Synonym: 背(せ) (se)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN