Japanese symbol for “bin”

In Japanese, bin is ボックス (bokkusu).

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Meanings

1. n box; container; bin
2. n box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); (orchestra) pit
3. n small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box)
4. n rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box) (baseb)
5. n box (calfskin)
6. n central 4x4 area (othello)

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.