看板娘

Japanese
Kanji in this term
看 板 娘
かん
Grade: 6		 ばん
Grade: 3		 むすめ
Grade: S

Etymology

Compound of 看板 (kanban, “sign, signage”) +‎ 娘 (musume, “girl”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かんばんむ​すめ [kàńbáń múꜜsùmè] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠mbã̠m mɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝme̞]

Noun

看板娘 (hiragana かんばんむすめ, rōmaji kanban musume)

  1. an attractive girl or young woman who stands outside a store to attract customers

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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