重箱

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • (sort=かさねばこ) tiered boxes for holding and presenting food, such as 弁当 (bento) or New Year's お節 (pos=special dishes usually only served at the new year)

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 重ね (a ply, a pile, a tier) + Japanese 連用形 (meeting, house, counselor, store, gathering, building)+ Japanese continuative or stem form of classical verb m + Japanese 重ぬ kasanu, modern m + Japanese 重ねる kasaneru, “to make a pile of something, to stack something up” + Japanese 箱 (box, chest, case).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

box, chest, case

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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