Nhật Bổn

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === Nhật-Bổn, Nhật-bổn === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 日本, from Japanese 日本, with mixed Northern-Southern reading (the full Southern reading is Nhựt Bổn). The humorous effect is due to the usage of bổn, whose usage has been greatly reduced to some fringe cases, as is the case with some other originally literary Sino-Vietnamese readings. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓon˧˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓoŋ˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓoŋ˨˩˦] === Proper noun === Nhật Bổn dated form of Nhật Bản: Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)