番犬

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ばん
Grade: 2
けん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
番犬 (banken): a pair of guard dogs.
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Etymology

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Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of (ban, watch, watchman) +‎ (ken, dog).[1][2][3][4][5] First cited in Japanese to 1920.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ばん)(けん) (banken

  1. [from 1920] watchdog; guard dog; security dog

Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 番犬”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 番犬”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  6. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN