かばん
See also:
がばん
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of
かばん
– see the following entries.
【
鞄
】
J
[noun]
[from 1877]
a
bag
,
satchel
,
briefcase
, or
handbag
(
often
made
of
leather
or
canvas
)
【
加番
】
[noun]
an
official
title
in the
Edo
shogunate
of
assistant
guards
, who assisted Osaka guards and Sunpu guards in guarding a castle when there was a
shortage
of people
【
下番
】
[noun]
finishing
one's
duties
(in the
military
, etc)
[verb]
finish
one's
duties
(in the
military
, etc)
(This term,
かばん
(
kaban
)
, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as
かばん
, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かばん.