はこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はこ – see the following entry.

【箱】3 [noun] [from 720] a box: a container with a lid [noun] [from 1120] (archaic) a chamber pot for feces; (by extension) feces [noun] [from 1771] (archaic) a shamisen case; (by extension) a shamisen; (by extension) a man or other geisha who accompanies a geisha and carries their shamisen case [noun] (slang) small ライブハウス (raibu hausu, “music venue”) [noun] (Internet slang) Xbox Alternative spellings 函, 筥, 匣, 筐, 篋

(This term, はこ (hako), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as はこ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はこ.)