航空便

Japanese

Kanji in this term
航	空	便
こう Grade: 5	くう Grade: 1	びん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Short for 航空郵便. (which is less common).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーくうびん [kòókúúbíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkɯ̟ːbʲĩɴ]

Noun

航(こう)空(くう)便(びん) • (kōkūbin) ^{←かうくうびん (kaukuubin)?}

1. airmail; postal transport by airplane.

   これを航空便(こうくうびん)でお願(ねが)いします。

   Kore o kōkūbin de o-negaishimasu.

   Please [deliver] this by airmail.

See also

• 郵便(ゆうびん) (yūbin): mail, postal service
• 船便(ふなびん) (funabin): surface mail, seamail
• 郵便局(ゆうびんきょく) (yūbinkyoku): post office

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN