noun
nori bento
Abbreviation of 海苔弁当. A bento box with a layer of seasoned nori seaweed over the rice, often with simple toppings like fried fish or karaage.
コンビニでのり弁を買って、公園で食べた。
I bought a nori bento at the convenience store and ate it in the park.
noun
heavily redacted document
Colloquial, often humorous. Refers to a document with so many blacked-out parts that it looks like a nori bento (dark rectangles on white).
開示請求したら、ほとんど黒塗りののり弁状態の書類が届いた。
When I requested disclosure, I received a document that was almost entirely blacked out, like a nori bento.
Full, non-abbreviated form of のり弁.
Abbreviation of 海苔弁当 (nori bento). The slang sense comes from the visual resemblance between a heavily redacted document and the dark nori sheets on white rice.