壺

Cognate with 坪 (tsubo). Likely shares its origin with 粒 (tsubu), in expressing the idea of something round and bulging outward.

(slang) Those who believe in the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church) and/or who are in close touch with this religion. (As this religion used to sell vessels to cast out evil spirits)


桶

桶 (canonical)
oke (romanization)
をけ (hiragana historical)

From Old Japanese. First cited in the Man'yōshū of 759.
Originally a compound of 麻 (o, “flax, ramie”) + 笥 (ke, “a container, especially for foodstuffs or tableware”).

桶狭間焼き

a style of pottery originating near Okehazama

桶絞り

a cloth dying process whereby the sections to leave undyed are put into oke and closed in with lids

桶取り: a scene in a kyōgen farce presented between Noh plays

桶尻

the aft edge of the hull of a ship in traditional Japanese shipbuilding

a bowl-shaped container for holding trawling lines on a fishing boat

桶側胴

a type of breastplate made of steel strips bound together, somewhat similar to how okegawa are bound together to make an oke

桶大工

a cooper, a woodworker who specializes in making barrel, oke, and well walls

桶風呂: an oke fitted with a firebox for heating bathwater: a traditional Japanese wooden ofuro hottub

桶伏せ: wearing an oke on one's head: a mob punishment in the pleasure districts of early Edo-period Japan

where non-paying customers would be forced to wear an oke on their heads

桶が腐れば菜が腐る: "if the bucket rots

おけがくさればながくさる

the greens rot" → if the surrounding is bad

by extension, a pail, bucket, tub, or basin similar to a barrel in construction, made of long thin pieces of cedar or cypress extending up from a base and held in place with hoops; may be small enough to carry in one hand, or large enough to bathe in


棺

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


樽

Extended shinjitai
Kyūjitai
Shinjitai
ja:樽

Niseko Shakotan Otaru Kaigan Kokutei Kōen

積丹小樽海岸国定公園 しゃこたんおたるかいがんこくていこうえん

ニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園: Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park


櫃

chest, an item of furniture used for storage


瓮

瓮 (canonical)
motai (romanization)
motafi (romanization)
もたひ (hiragana historical)


瓶

bottle, jug, or jar made from glass, pottery, or ceramic

漂流瓶

漂流瓶 ひょうりゅうびん

秤量瓶

秤量瓶 ひょうりょうびん


盥

盥 (canonical)
tarai (romanization)
tarafi (romanization)
たらひ (hiragana historical)

Korean: 다라이 (darai)


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).


袋

[ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟ɾo̞]

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From Proto-Japonic *pukoro.
Very likely related to 含む (fukumu, “to include”), also among others deriving from a root *puk- (e.g. 膨れる (fukureru, “to swell”)).

その女の子はお菓子の袋に手を突っ込んでいた

sono onna no ko wa okashi no fukuro ni te o tsukkonde ita

That girl had been going into the bag of candy and taking them

私たちで1袋のクッキーを分けた

watashitachi de ichi fukuro no kukkī o waketa


鉢

From Sanskrit पात्र (pātra) through Middle Chinese 缽 (MC pat).


鍋

→ Indonesian: nabe

→ Korean: 냄비 (naembi, “pan, saucepan; pot”)

→ Sakizaya: nabi

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⟨nabe₂⟩ → */naⁿbe/ → /nabe/
From Old Japanese, first cited in the Nihon Shoki of 720. In turn, reconstructed as Proto-Japonic *nanpay.
Originally a compound of Old Japanese elements 肴 (na, “small snack, hors d'oeuvre”) + 瓮 (pe, modern he, “a pot or pan for holding food or beverages”). The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

⇒ 鍋料理 (nabe ryōri)

⇒ 鍋物 (nabemono)

short for 鍋料理 (nabe ryōri, literally “pot + cooking”) or 鍋物 (nabemono, literally “pot + thing”), a dish where everything is cooked together in a nabe; compare English hot pot or hotdish

鍋料理

(historical, slang) by further extension from the sense of maidservant: a woman (in reference to sex)

(historical, slang, archaic) during the late Edo period, a 搗米屋 (tsukigomeya, “rice polisher shop, white rice retailer”) who has run out of stock


靫

靫 (canonical)
utsubo (romanization)
うつお (alternative hiragana)
utsuo (Rōmaji)
うつほ (hiragana historical)


鞄

→ Hokkien: kha-báng

→ Korean: 가방 (gabang)

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Possibly derived from Chinese 夾板 /夹板 (jiābǎn) or 夾槾 /夹槾 (jiāmàn, “boards for pressing or holding things together”), modern Min Nan reading kiap-pán.
Some references mention a possible borrowing from Belgian Dutch kabas with an ostensible meaning of bag. However, this is problematic on both semantic grounds, as Dutch sources indicate that the word does not mean not bag but rather basket, in keeping with its apparent derivation from French cabas (“basket”); and on phonological grounds, as there is no clear mechanism for converting the final /s/ in the Dutch into the final /n/ in the Japanese, especially considering how relatively recently the Japanese word kaban first appears.
The original meaning of the kanji 鞄 referred to tanned leather or a tanner who produces such material. The native reading (kun'yomi) kaban only appears from the Meiji period (1868–1912).
First attested with this reading to a work from 1877; over the period of roughly 1877–1887, this word grew in popularity and displaced the previous term 胴乱 (dōran, “satchel”).

1986, “Kimi o Nosete [Carrying You]”, Hayao Miyazaki (lyrics), Joe Hisaishi (music), performed by Azumi Inoue:

Let’s set out [on a journey with] a slice of bread, knife, [and] lamp, [all] stuffed in your bag.

さあ でかけよう ひときれのパン ナイフ ランプ かばんにつめこんで

Sā, dekakeyō, hitokire no pan, naifu, ranpu, kaban ni tsumekonde

a bag, satchel, briefcase, or handbag (often made of leather or canvas)


鼎

鼎革

a state of transformation, especially a major politcal one

鼎座

a three-way seating arrangement with three people facing each other; to sit in such an arrangement

鼎足

the leg of a tripod; a three-way opposition; a triumvirate in support of a superior

鼎峙

a three-way opposition; to stand in three-way opposition

鼎談

a three-way conversation; to have a three-way conversation

鼎部

that set of kanji that have the character 鼎 as the radical


かま

kama (romanization)
かま (hiragana historical)

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.

鎌槍: a kind of polearm with a sickle-shaped blade

to get things sorted quickly and efficiently

to apply the sickle; compare English to glean

鎌を掛ける: → to get something out of a person without them being aware

short for 火打鎌 (hiuchigama): a striker for lighting fires (from the way that pieces of a broken kama blade were used for this purpose)

火打鎌

(slang) a perverse or bent tendency or way of thinking (from the way a kama blade bends)

(slang) a person with a perverse or bent tendency or way of thinking

(woodworking) short for 鎌継ぎ (kamatsugi): a hammer-headed tenon (from the way the sickle blade sticks out perpendicular to the handle, similar to the sides of the hammer head on this kind of tenon)

鎌継ぎ

(slang) a penis (probably from the way that a sickle blade sticks out perpendicular to the handle)


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.

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


薬缶

ja-noun

薬(や)缶(かん) or 薬(やっ)缶(かん) • (yakan or yakkan) ^(←やくわん (yakwan)?)

薬缶 (canonical)
薬缶 (canonical)
yakan (romanization)
yakkan (romanization)
yakwan (romanization)
やくわん (hiragana historical)

a kettle (vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food)


トランク

トランク一つだけで浪漫飛行へ In The Sky

toranku hitotsu dake de rōman hikō e in za sukai

With only a single suitcase, let's go on a romantic flight in the sky


じょうろ

じょうろ • (jōro)

watering can (utensil for watering plants)


行李

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

Baggage
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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.

used to count items of luggage, cargo, or freight: box, bundle, item, bale, package


行李

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

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)


器皿

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


瓶子

瓶(へい)子(じ) or 瓶(へい)子(し) • (heiji or heishi)

瓶子 (canonical)
瓶子 (canonical)
heiji (romanization)
heishi (romanization)

(archaic) a round shouldered, narrow mouthed sake jar


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

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]


リュックサック

[ɾʲɨk̚kɯ̟̊sa̠k̚kɯ̟]

backpack, particularly a heavier pack (e.g. for hiking) as distinct from a children's school bag (ランドセル)


バッグ

a bag, a satchel, a handbag, a purse, a suitcase


通学鞄

通学鞄 (canonical)
tsūgakukaban (romanization)

[t͡sɨːɡa̠kɯ̟ka̠bã̠ɴ]

通学 (tsūgaku, “commuting to school”) + 鞄 (kaban, “bag”)


受け皿

Compound of 受け (uke, “receiving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 受ける (ukeru, “to receive”)) + 皿 (sara, “plate, dish”). The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


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).


茶碗

[t͡ɕa̠β̞ã̠ɴ]

天目茶碗

天目茶碗 てんもくちゃわん


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


急須

急須 (canonical)
kyūsu (romanization)
kifusu (romanization)
きふす (hiragana historical)


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)


コーヒーポット

ja-noun

コーヒーポット • (kōhīpotto)


試験管

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


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”).


ハンドバッグ

[hã̠ndo̞ba̠ɡ̚ɡ̊ɯ̟]


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)


巾着

→ English: kinchaku

[kʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕa̠kɯ̟]

Japanese coinage based on Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 巾 (kin, “piece of cloth”) + 着 (chaku, “to wear, to put on one's person”). First appears in texts from the late 1500s.
The purse appears to have evolved from the earlier 火打ち袋 (hiuchi-bukuro, “striking flint bag, bag for carrying a firestarter”).

compound

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

kinchaku (a traditional Japanese drawstring purse, hung from the obi, used to contain small items such as a flint, money, or medicine)


ランドセル

→ English: randoseru

[ɾã̠ndo̞se̞ɾɯ̟]

Borrowed either from Dutch ransel with an epenthetic d, or from German Ranzen, or from German Landser (“soldier”) after the Tornister knapsacks German soldiers wore.

randoseru (type of backpack worn by Japanese elementary schoolchildren)


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”)


パース

パース • (pāsu)


パース

ja-pos

パース • (Pāsu)


蝦蟇口

蝦蟇口 (canonical)
gamaguchi (romanization)

[ɡa̠ma̠ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Compound of 蝦蟇 (gama, “toad”) + 口 (kuchi, “mouth”), from the way the opened mouth of the coin purse resembles a toad's mouth. The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


レジ袋

レジ袋 (canonical)
rejibukuro (romanization)

[ɾe̞ʑibɯ̟kɯ̟ɾo̞]

From レジ (reji, “register”) + 袋(ふくろ) (fukuro, “bag”).


ポリ袋

ポリ袋 (canonical)
poribukuro (romanization)

[po̞ɾʲibɯ̟kɯ̟ɾo̞]

From ポリ (pori, “polyester”) + 袋(ふくろ) (fukuro, “bag”).


ビーカー

ja-noun

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).


エコバッグ

[e̞ko̞ba̠ɡ̚ɡ̊ɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from eco- + bag.

pseudo-loan

reusable shopping bag
reusable shopping bag


トートバッグ

[to̞ːto̞ba̠ɡ̚ɡ̊ɯ̟]


茶釜

metal kettle used to boil water in tea ceremonies


頭陀袋

頭陀袋 (canonical)
zudabukuro (romanization)

[d͡zɨda̠bɯ̟kɯ̟ɾo̞]

(Buddhism) a cloth bag of Buddhist monastics, worn on the chest.


パウチ

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


レトルトパウチ

[ɾe̞to̞ɾɯ̟to̞pa̠ɯ̟t͡ɕi]