重じゅう箱ばこ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

A traditional Japanese lacquered container with stacked compartments, used for serving food on special occasions such as New Year's.

heavy, important, esteem

箱box, chest, case

おせち料りょう理り
Osechi ryōri is the food traditionally served in a jūbako; the jūbako is the container itself.
弁べん当とう箱ばこ
A bentōbako is a lunch box, typically for one person and not necessarily tiered; a jūbako is a formal, multi-tiered serving container.

Compound of 重 (jū, 'stacked' or 'layered') and 箱 (hako, 'box'), with rendaku voicing hako → bako. The reading じゅう is the on'yomi of 重.