けしょうばこ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
化粧箱

Etymology

From 化(け)粧(しょう) (keshō) + 箱(はこ) (hako). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けしょーばこ [kèshóꜜòbàkò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ɕo̞ːba̠ko̞]

Noun

けしょうばこ • (keshōbako) ^{←けしやうばこ (kesyaubako)?}

1. cosmetics box
2. fancy gift box

   化(け)粧(しょう)箱(ばこ)入(い)り

   keshōbako-iri

   giftboxed