Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

koban

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: koban
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.

noun

A small community police office or a police box, especially one in Japan.

Example Sentences

"Every landlord hath two koban paid him for dinner, and three for supper and lodgings at night."
"“Shall we say two koban for this evening—a measure of my desire to please a Lady of such merit?”"
"It contained, as usual, nothing but an invitation to come to Edo to confer on matters respecting which it did not enter into any particulars, with an offer of three koban for the expenses of the journey."
"Personnel of kobans change each shift; they report for duty at a police station and fan out to the kobans."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 小判(こばん) (koban).

Inflected Forms

kobans (plural) cobang (alternative) coebang (alternative) kobang (alternative)

Questions

What does koban mean?: An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.
Where does koban come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 小判(こばん) (koban).

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