段ボール

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
だん
Grade: 6
goon

Etymology[edit]

Compound of (dan, step, stair, flight of stairs, in reference to the "steps" in the corrugations) +‎ ボール (bōru, board, in reference to ボール紙 (bōru-gami, cardboard, pasteboard)).[1][2]

First cited to a work from 1939.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(だん)ボール or (ダン)ボール (danbōru

  1. [from 1939] corrugated cardboard

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 段ボール”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 段ボール”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN