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函渠 (かんきょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

函かん渠きょ

Meanings

1

noun

box culvert; rectangular drain

A civil engineering term for a drain or culvert with an oblong (rectangular) cross-section. Rare in everyday language.

道どう路ろの下したに函かん渠きょが設せっ置ちされた。
A box culvert was installed under the road.

Kanji

函box (archaic)
渠ditch, canal, lock

Similar words

暗あん渠きょ
暗渠 is a general term for a culvert or underground drain, while 函渠 specifically refers to one with a rectangular cross-section.

Etymology

Compound of 函 (box) and 渠 (ditch, drain). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.