ごみ箱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
箱
はこ > ばこ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
ゴミ箱 塵箱 芥箱

Etymology

Compound of 塵 (gomi, “trash, garbage”) and 箱 (hako, “box”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

ごみ箱(ばこ) • (gomibako) 

1. garbage can, trash can, rubbish bin

Synonyms

• ごみ入(いれ) (gomiire)