万歩計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
万	歩	計
まん Grade: 2	ほ > ぽ Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
萬步計 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Genericised trademark,[1] from 万 (man, “ten thousand”) +‎ 歩 (ho, “step”) +‎ 計 (kei, “meter”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まんぽけー [màńpókéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [mã̠mpo̞ke̞ː]

Noun

万(まん)歩(ぽ)計(けい) • (manpokei)

pedometer

Synonyms

歩数計(ほすうけい) (hosūkei), ペドメーター (pedomētā), 計歩器(けいほき) (keihoki)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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