ぼんぼん時計どけい

noun

striking clock; wall clock with chime; pendulum clock

Refers to a clock that strikes the hour, often a wall-mounted pendulum clock with a chime. The name is onomatopoeic from the 'bon-bon' sound.

• 祖そ母ぼの家いえには古ふるいぼんぼん時計どけいがある。

  There is an old striking clock at my grandmother's house.

• ぼんぼん時計どけいが三さん時じを知しらせた。

  The striking clock announced three o'clock.