棺

棺 (canonical)
kan (romanization)
kwan (romanization)
くわん (hiragana historical)


櫃

chest, an item of furniture used for storage


笈

笈 (canonical)
oi (romanization)
ofi (romanization)
おひ (hiragana historical)

From the continuative form of 負(お)う (ou, “to bear, to carry on one's back”).

ja-r

1918, 岡本綺堂, 半七捕物帳 お照の父, 青空文庫:

彼は仏の像を入れた重い笈を背負って、錫杖をついて、信州の雪を踏みわけて中仙道へ出た。

Kare wa hotoke no zō o ireta omoi oi o seotte, shakujō o tsuite, Shinshū no yuki o fumiwakete Nakasendō e deta.

He trod though the snow of Shinshū with a khakkhara in hand and shouldering a heavy oi that contained a statue of a buddha and arrived on the Nakasendō.

a box with legs that is carried on the back, used by itinerant monks and yamabushi to carry books, articles of worship, clothing, etc.


笈

笈 (canonical)
kyū (romanization)
kifu (romanization)
きふ (hiragana historical)

/kipu/ → /kifu/ → /kiu/ → /kjuː/
From Middle Chinese 笈 (MC gip, “box for storing books; to carry”).

ltc-l

1934, 夢野久作, 白くれない, 青空文庫:

言葉の如く庫裡に入りて笈を卸し […]

Kotoba no gotoku kuri ni irite kyū o oroshi […]

I entered the monastery kitchen as instructed and put down my kyū […]

synonym of 笈 (oi, “a legged box used by itinerant monks and ascetics to carry their clothing, books, and religious items”)


笥

⟨ke₂⟩ → */kəɨ/ → /ke/
From Old Japanese.

a container, especially for foodstuffs or tableware


籠

Appears to be derived from a compound of an uncertain element ka and 籠 (ko) below, with ko changing to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


籠

short for 伏籠 (fusego): a clothes airer, or chicken coop


籠

ja-pos

籠(ろう) • (rō)

From Middle Chinese 籠 (MC luwng) and 籠 (MC luwngX).


靫

ja-noun

靫(うつぼ) or 靫(うつお) • (utsubo or utsuo) ^(←うつほ (utufo)?)

靫 (canonical)
靫 (canonical)
utsubo (romanization)
utsuo (romanization)
utufo (romanization)
うつほ (hiragana historical)


碁笥

(go) a bowl or other container for go stones


ビン

ビン (canonical)
びん (canonical)
bin (romanization)


グラス

グラスを飲み干す


財布

Appears to be a Japanese coinage based on Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 財 (sai, “wealth, money”) + 布 (fu, “cloth [pouch]”). Found in texts starting from 1675.

compound

私は財布をなくしました。

a container for one's money: a wallet, a coin purse, a billfold, a pocketbook

巾着

a kind of traditional Japanese drawstring purse

提げ物: the general term for anything carried by hanging it from one's 帯

はこせこ

a kind of traditional Japanese boxy purse


行李

行李 (canonical)
kōri (romanization)
kauri (romanization)
かうり (hiragana historical)

Baggage
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Shoku Nihongi
Wicker
ja:行李

/kauri/ → /kɔːri/ → /koːri/
From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 行李 (MC haeng liX, “baggage, luggage”). First cited in Japanese in a section of the 続日本紀 (Shoku Nihongi) dated to 706.

a wicker trunk used as luggage, with a lid that slides down over the top, generally made of bamboo, willow, or wisteria

luggage, baggage (what one takes on a trip to contain one's possessions)


行李

/kɔːri/ → /kori/
Analyzable as a shortening of the kōri reading. First cited in 1523.


行李

Shift from earlier kōri reading to adopt the tō-on reading for the initial 行 character. May be either a later re-borrowing from Chinese, or influenced by later changes in Chinese pronunciation.
First attested in the 1230s.
This reading is not included in various dictionaries and may be obsolete.

(Zen Buddhism) alternative spelling of 行履 (anri): daily life, what one does in a regular day

行履

(archaic, possibly obsolete) luggage, baggage (what one takes on a trip to contain one's possessions)


入物

入物 (canonical)
iremono (romanization)
個 (counter)
入れ物 (alternative)


器皿

container, especially household tableware such as a bowl or a dish


空き缶

怒りに任せて空き缶を蹴った。

I kicked the empty aluminum can out of anger.


空き瓶

ビールの空瓶で殴った。

They beat him with an empty beer bottle.


棺桶

ja-noun

棺(かん)桶(おけ) • (kan'oke) ^(←くわんをけ (kwan'woke)?)

棺桶 (canonical)
kan'oke (romanization)
kwan'woke (romanization)
くわんをけ (hiragana historical)

[kã̠ɰ̃o̞ke̞]


カプセル

[ka̠pɯ̟̊se̞ɾɯ̟]


花瓶

花瓶 (canonical)
kabin (romanization)
kwabin (romanization)
くわびん (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 花 (MC xwae) and 瓶(びん) (bin, “jar”).


花瓶

花瓶 (canonical)
kahei (romanization)
kwafei (romanization)
くわへい (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 花瓶 (MC xwae beng), using kan'on for the reading of 瓶.


花瓶

Compound of 花(はな) (hana, “flower”) + 瓶(かめ) (kame, “earthenware pot”). The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


重箱

重箱 (canonical)
kasanebako (romanization)

From Old Japanese. Compound of 重ね (kasane, “a pile, a tier, a ply”) + 箱 (hako, “a box”), the first element being the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 重ぬ kasanu, modern 重ねる kasaneru, “to make a pile of something, to stack something up”. The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
This reading appears to be rare.

compound

(rare) tiered boxes for holding and presenting food, such as 弁当 (bentō, “bento”) or New Year's お節 (osechi, special dishes usually only served at the new year)


重箱

ja-noun

重(じゅう)箱(ばこ) • (jūbako) ^(←ぢゆうばこ (dyuubako)?)

重箱 (canonical)
jūbako (romanization)
dyuubako (romanization)
ぢゆうばこ (hiragana historical)

Origin less clear. Chinese-derived on'yomi 重 (jū, “to stack”) + Old Japanese 箱 (hako, “box”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
This is the standard reading for this term.

These are traditionally made of wood and often lacquered, coming in sets designed to stack two, three, or even more layers high. Often square, jūbako may also come in different shapes. A set usually comes with a lid for the top layer.

consisting of an on'yomi for the first kanji and a kun'yomi for the second kanji

not so good on the inside: appearances can be deceiving

clear out the corners of a jūbako with a ladle

重箱の隅を杓子で払え: → to see the forest for the trees

重箱の隅を楊枝でほじくる: → to split hairs

to pick out the corners of a jūbako with a toothpick

重箱を擂り粉木で洗う: → see the forest for the trees


飯櫃

ja-adj

飯(い)櫃(びつ) • (ibitsu) ^(←いびつ (ibitu)?)-na (adnominal 飯(い)櫃(びつ)な (ibitsu na), adverbial 飯(い)櫃(びつ)に (ibitsu ni))

飯櫃 (canonical)
ibitsu (romanization)
ibitu (romanization)
飯櫃な (adnominal)
飯櫃に (adverbial)
飯櫃だろ (imperfective stem)
いびつだろ (imperfective stem)
ibitsu daro (imperfective)
飯櫃で (continuative stem)
いびつで (continuative stem)
ibitsu de (continuative)
飯櫃だ (stem terminative)
いびつだ (stem terminative)
ibitsu da (terminative)
飯櫃な (attributive stem)
いびつな (attributive stem)
ibitsu na (attributive)
飯櫃なら (hypothetical stem)
いびつなら (hypothetical stem)
ibitsu nara (hypothetical)
飯櫃であれ (imperative stem)
いびつであれ (imperative stem)
ibitsu de are (imperative)
飯櫃ではない (informal negative)
飯櫃じゃない (informal negative)
いびつではない (informal negative)
いびつじゃない (informal negative)
ibitsu de wa nai (informal negative)
ibitsu ja nai (informal negative)
飯櫃だった (informal past)
いびつだった (informal past)
ibitsu datta (informal past)
飯櫃ではなかった (informal negative past)
飯櫃じゃなかった (informal negative past)
いびつではなかった (informal negative past)
いびつじゃなかった (informal negative past)
ibitsu de wa nakatta (informal negative past)
ibitsu ja nakatta (informal negative past)
飯櫃です (formal)
いびつです (formal)
ibitsu desu (formal)
飯櫃ではありません (formal negative)
飯櫃じゃありません (formal negative)
いびつではありません (formal negative)
いびつじゃありません (formal negative)
ibitsu de wa arimasen (formal negative)
ibitsu ja arimasen (formal negative)
飯櫃でした (formal past)
いびつでした (formal past)
ibitsu deshita (formal past)
飯櫃ではありませんでした (formal negative past)
飯櫃じゃありませんでした (formal negative past)
いびつではありませんでした (formal negative past)
いびつじゃありませんでした (formal negative past)
ibitsu de wa arimasen deshita (formal negative past)
ibitsu ja arimasen deshita (formal negative past)
飯櫃で (conjunctive)
いびつで (conjunctive)
ibitsu de (conjunctive)
飯櫃なら（ば） (conditional)
いびつなら（ば） (conditional)
ibitsu nara (ba) (conditional)
飯櫃だったら (conditional past)
いびつだったら (conditional past)
ibitsu dattara (conditional past)
飯櫃だろう (volitional)
いびつだろう (volitional)
ibitsu darō (volitional)
飯櫃に (adverbial)
いびつに (adverbial)
ibitsu ni (adverbial)
飯櫃さ (noun-from-adj)
いびつさ (noun-from-adj)
ibitsusa (noun-from-adj)

ja-adj-infl

飯櫃

. で は ありません でした

. じゃ ありません でした

/iːbit͡su/ → /ibit͡su/
Shift from ībitsu.
First attested in 1561.
The core noun sense of "rice tub" is inherited from the original form of the term. These were often oval in shape, giving rise to those related senses, and an oval was also viewed as a deformed circle, in turn leading to those additional senses.


投票箱

投票箱 (canonical)
tōhyōbako (romanization)

ballot box (a sealed box into which a voter puts his voting slip)


試験管

ja-noun

試(し)験(けん)管(かん) • (shikenkan) ^(←しけんくわん (sikenkwan)?)

試験管 (canonical)
shikenkan (romanization)
sikenkwan (romanization)
しけんくわん (hiragana historical)

[ɕikẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

試験管内授精

試験管内授精 しけんかんないじゅせい


印籠

印籠 (canonical)
inrō (romanization)
inrou (romanization)
いんろう (hiragana historical)

Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 印(いん) (in, “seal, stamp”) + 籠(ろう) (rō, “basket; container”). Appears in texts from the late 1600s.

ja-compound

(historical) a seal case, usually lacquered, consisting of an oval-shaped stack of containers held together with a cord and hung from the user's 帯 (obi, “sash”); used to store seals, ink, and medicine


葛籠

a traditional wicker basket used for holding clothes


タイムカプセル

[ta̠imɯ̟ ka̠pɯ̟̊se̞ɾɯ̟]

Borrowed from English time capsule.
タイム (taimu, “time”) + カプセル (kapuseru, “capsule”).


植木鉢

ja-noun

植(うえ)木(き)鉢(ばち) • (uekibachi) ^(←うゑきばち (uwekibati)?)

植木鉢 (canonical)
uekibachi (romanization)
uwekibati (romanization)
うゑきばち (hiragana historical)

Compound of 植木 (ueki, “plant”) + 鉢 (hachi, “pot”). The hachi changes to bachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


貯金箱

貯(ちょ)金(きん)箱(ばこ) • (chokinbako) ^(←ちよきんばこ (tyokinbako)?)

貯金箱 (canonical)
chokinbako (romanization)
tyokinbako (romanization)
ちよきんばこ (hiragana historical)

From 貯(ちょ)金(きん) (chokin, “savings”) + 箱(ばこ) (bako, “box; case; chest”).

com-ja

ブタの貯金箱

a bank (device used to store coins or currency)


外法箱

ja-noun

外(げ)法(ほう)箱(ばこ) • (gehōbako) ^(←げほふばこ (gefofubako)?)

外法箱 (canonical)
gehōbako (romanization)
gefofubako (romanization)
げほふばこ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 外法(げほう) (gehō, “non-Buddhist ways”, in reference to various traditions centering on tengu and witchcraft) + 箱(はこ) (hako, “box, casket, case”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

a box which contains paraphernalia for spirit channelling and divination, such as dolls and animal and human skulls, that 歩き巫女 (aruki miko, “itinerant miko, or diviner”) lean against when performing spirit channelling and related activities


霊柩

ja-noun

霊(れい)柩(きゅう) • (reikyū) ^(←れいきう (reikiu)?)

霊柩 (canonical)
reikyū (romanization)
reikiu (romanization)
れいきう (hiragana historical)

synonym of 棺 (hitsugi, kan, “coffin; casket”)


ビーカー

ビーカー • (bīkā)

beaker (flat-bottomed vessel used as a laboratory container)


米櫃

From 米(こめ) (kome) + 櫃(ひつ) (hitsu). The hitsu changes to bitsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


ポリ缶

[po̞ɾʲikã̠ɴ]

A shortening of ポリエチレン (poriechiren, “polyethylene”) + 缶(かん) (kan).


トシラク

dosirak (Korean-style packed lunch, usually consisting of rice and several banchan)


パウチ

レトルトパウチ レトルトパウチ#Japanese

clipping of レトルトパウチ (retorutopauchi, “retort pouch”)


レトルトパウチ

[ɾe̞to̞ɾɯ̟to̞pa̠ɯ̟t͡ɕi]