Japanese

A simple dry magnetic portable compass.

Noun

羅針盤 ‎(hiragana らしんばん, romaji rashinban)

1. a compass, a mariner's compass

   Note that this term does not mean the kind of compass used to draw a circle.

Synonyms

• 羅針儀 (らしんぎ, ​rashingi)
• 羅盤 (らばん, ​raban)
• コンパス (​konpasu)

See also

• 羅針盤 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Mariner's compass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9