愛蔵版

See also: 愛藏版

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	蔵	版
あい Grade: 4	ぞう Grade: 6	はん > ばん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
愛藏版 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 愛蔵 (aizō, “to treasure or cherish something”, literally “to love something and keep it safe”) +‎ 版 (han, “version, edition”). The han changes to ban as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいぞーばん [àízóóbáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠izo̞ːbã̠ɴ]

Noun

愛(あい)蔵(ぞう)版(ばん) • (aizōban) ^{←あいざうばん (aizauban)?}

1. a collector's edition

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN