noun
karuta box; playing card case
A box or case for storing karuta cards, typically used in traditional Japanese card games.
祖母の家に古いかるた箱があった。
There was an old karuta box at my grandmother's house.
noun
money-exchange shop coin box
Historical term for a coin box used in Edo-period money-exchange shops.
江戸時代の両替商では、かるた箱に銭を入れて管理した。
In Edo-period money-exchange shops, coins were kept and managed in a karuta box.
Compound of かるた (karuta, 'playing cards', from Portuguese 'carta') and 箱 (hako, 'box'), with rendaku voicing of はこ to ばこ.