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ゴミ箱ばこ

ご

み

ば

こ

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin

General term for a container for household or office waste.

ゴミ箱ばこがいっぱいになったので、新あたらしい袋ふくろを入いれた。
The trash can got full, so I put in a new bag.
分ぶん別べつ用ようにキッチンに三みっつのゴミ箱ばこを置おいている。
I keep three trash cans in the kitchen for sorting waste.

Written forms

ゴミ箱ばこUsage57%
Standard modern spelling; ゴミ is often written in katakana.
ごみ箱ばこUsage43%
Hiragana variant; less common than ゴミ箱 but still seen.
塵ごみ箱ばこUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 塵 for dust/trash.
護ご美み箱ばこ
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji spelling; rarely used and mostly decorative or playful.
芥ごみ箱ばこ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 芥 for rubbish.

Kanji

箱box, chest, case
塵dust, trash, garbage
護safeguard, protect
美beauty, beautiful
芥mustard, rape, dust

Similar words

ごみ
ごみ means 'trash' or 'garbage' itself; ゴミ箱 is the container for it.
ダストボックス
Loanword from English 'dust box'; less common and slightly more stylish or commercial than ゴミ箱.

Etymology

Compound of ゴミ (trash) and 箱 (box). The katakana spelling ゴミ is common for this word.