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棒引き

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぼう
Grade: 6
ひ > び
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

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(ぼう) () + () (hiki). The hiki changes to biki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぼう)() (bōbikiばうびき (baubiki)?

  1. drawing a straight line
  2. writing off, cancelling out (debt)
  3. Synonym of 長音符 (chōonpu, long-vowel mark)

Derived terms

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Verb

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(ぼう)()する (bōbiki suruばうびき (baubiki)?suru (stem (ぼう)() (bōbiki shi), past (ぼう)()した (bōbiki shita))

  1. to draw a straight line
  2. to write off, to cancel out (debt)

Conjugation

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References

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