"bento box" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2024 December 27, Christian Wolmar, “A mix of modern and traditional on board the Shinkansen”, in RAIL, number 1025, page 40:",
          "text": "At the time there were dining cars, and bento boxes were sold on board for those not using the restaurant. Today, sadly, no bento boxes (the meal in a box with chopsticks and a large selection of tasty morsels with enough rice to ensure a full stomach) are available on the trains. […] Until last year, the famous bento boxes were dispensed from trolleys by friendly waitresses on the trains. But they now have to be bought at the station kiosks.",
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        "A partitioned lunchbox in which a bento is served, traditionally lacquered."
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          "lacquered",
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        {
          "word": "bentō box"
        }
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