Word Meaning 蒟蒻本

こんにゃくぼん konnyakubon

蒟蒻本 is read as こんにゃくぼん (konnyakubon) and means Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm).

Meaning

English

Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm)
late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district

Reading

Kana

こんにゃくぼん

Romaji

konnyakubon

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 141938 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

蒟蒻問答

こんにゃくもんどう

irrelevant and incoherent dialogue

蒟蒻版

こんにゃくばん

hectograph

蒟蒻粉

こんにゃくこ

konjac powder

蒟蒻ゼリー

こんにゃくぜりー

fruit jelly (gelled with konjac starch)

スマトラ大蒟蒻

すまとらおおこにゃく

titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum)

刺青蒟蒻鯵

いれずみこんにゃくあじ

ragfish (Icosteus aenigmaticus)

糸蒟蒻

いとごんにゃく

konnyaku cut into fine threads

古本

ふるぼん

secondhand book

根本

こんぼん

foundation

本

もと

cause

日本

にほん

Japan

読本

とくほん

textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)