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nihonbashi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
ni-hon-bashi
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A business district of Chūō, Tokyo prefecture, Japan, surrounding a famous bridge of the same name

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 日本橋(にほんばし) (Nihonbashi). Doublet of Nipponbashi.

Inflected Forms

Nihombashi (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Nipponbashi

Questions

What does nihonbashi mean?
A business district of Chūō, Tokyo prefecture, Japan, surrounding a famous bridge of the same name
Where does nihonbashi come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 日本橋(にほんばし) (Nihonbashi). Doublet of Nipponbashi.

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