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 (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so̞to̞ba̠ko̞]

Noun

そとばこ • (sotobako) 

1. outer box; (of books) slipcase