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かまぼこ兵舎 (kamabokoheisha) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Old Quonset huts still remain on the former base site.
After the war, Quonset huts were used as warehouses and temporary housing.
Kanji 兵 soldier, private, troops 鉾 halberd, arms, festival float Written forms かまぼこ 兵へい 舎しゃ
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
カマボコ 兵へい 舎しゃ
Katakana variant of the first part, sometimes used for emphasis or in informal contexts.
蒲かま 鉾ぼこ 兵へい 舎しゃ
Full kanji spelling; rarely used in modern writing.
カマボコへいしゃ
Etymology Compound of かまぼこ (kamaboko, a semicylindrical fish cake) and 兵舎 (barracks), from the shape's resemblance to a kamaboko. The term is a calque of the English 'Quonset hut', which itself is named after Quonset Point, Rhode Island, where the huts were first manufactured.
