お重じゅう

noun

multi-tiered food box

A traditional Japanese lacquered container with stacked layers, used for serving or carrying food, especially during celebrations or picnics. Also called 重箱 (じゅうばこ).

See also: 重箱

• お正しょう月がつには、お重じゅうにおせち料りょう理りを詰つめます。

  For New Year's, we pack osechi dishes into a multi-tiered food box.

• 花はな見みに持もっていくお重じゅうを準じゅん備びした。

  I prepared a tiered food box to take to the cherry blossom viewing.