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Common noun

box; case; chest; package; pack; crate

Common noun

car (of a train, etc.)

Common noun

shamisen case; shamisen

Colloquial; Common noun; Often written as ハコ

public building; community building

Archaic; Common noun

man who carries a geisha's shamisen

Archaic; Common noun

receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces)

Suffix; Counter

counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

miniature garden

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

cased; boxed

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

precious; cherished

Abbreviation

girl who has been sheltered from the world

one's special talent

girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; ingénue

wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski

ark (i.e. Noah's)

box; box-shape; cube-type

packing into a box; boxing (up); thing packed in a box

box-shaped (horse-drawn) carriage

bottom of a box

Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race

Colloquial

buying by the box

Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)

box maker

man who carries a geisha's shamisen

Colloquial; Oft. written as ハコモノ

public building; community building

box-shaped item of furniture (e.g. chest of drawers, bookcase)

boxed gift

brazier encased in a wooden box

autograph or note of authentication written on a box containing an art work

Slang

(being a) fan of an entire music group (esp. idol group); not having a favorite member of a group

pillow with a box-shaped wooden base

leaning out of a car or train window

Food, cooking

oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)

Medicine

sand play therapy; sand play technique

Word usually written using kana alone

bluespotted boxfish (Ostracion immaculatus)

boxfish (any fish of family Ostraciidae); trunkfish

Often used to criticise wasteful spending

government (public policy) focusing on the construction of public (community) buildings

Mahjong

having no or negative points