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

Blend of 駅(えき) (eki, “(train) station”) + 弁当(べんとう) (bentō, “boxed lunch”).

Sex position by analogy with those who sell such lunches from trays or boxes suspended from their shoulders (see image, in particular on the left). Popularized by porn director Tōru Muranishi (村西(むらにし)とおる) and pornstar Chocoball Mukai (チョコボール向井(むかい)).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

駅(えき)弁(べん) • (ekiben)

ekiben (bento sold at railroad stations)
(sex) ekiben; suspended congress (sex position which consists of one participant carrying the other while penetrating them)
Synonym: 立位 (ritsui)

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
→ Korean: 에키벤 (ekiben)
→ Mandarin: 鐵路便當 / 铁路便当, 火車便當 / 火车便当 (huǒchē biàndāng) (partial calque)

References

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