そとばこ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
外箱
外函 (especially books)

Etymology

From 外(そと) (soto) + 箱(はこ) (hako). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞to̞ba̠ko̞]

Noun

そとばこ • (sotobako) 

  1. outer box; (of books) slipcase
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