入いれ子こ

noun

nest of boxes; nesting

Refers to a set of containers that fit inside one another, like Russian dolls or stacking boxes. Also used for the concept of nesting in general.

• この重じゅう箱ばこは入いれ子こになっていて、収しゅう納のうに便べん利りだ。

  These nested boxes are convenient for storage.

• 入いれ子この人にん形ぎょうはロシアの民みん芸げい品ひんとして有ゆう名めいだ。

  Nesting dolls are famous as a Russian folk craft.

noun

concealed information

Rare, possibly archaic usage referring to hidden or embedded information. Not common in modern Japanese.

• 古こ文もん書じょには入いれ子このように秘ひ密みつの情じょう報ほうが隠かくされていた。

  In the old document, secret information was hidden like a nest.

noun

nested structure (computing)

Only when written 入れ子

Computing term for nested data structures, such as nested loops, tables, or tags.

See also: ネスティング

• 入いれ子このループは処しょ理りが遅おそくなることがある。

  Nested loops can sometimes slow down processing.

noun

adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in place of a deceased child

Only when written 入れ子

Dated term for a specific adoption practice. Rarely used in modern contexts.

• 昔むかしは、亡なくなった子この代かわりに入いれ子こを迎むかえる風ふう習しゅうがあった。

  In the past, there was a custom of adopting a child to replace a deceased one.

noun

cavity in an oar (for a traditional oarlock)

Specialized term for a part of a traditional Japanese oar. See also 櫓杭.

See also: 櫓杭

• 和わ船せんの櫓ろには、入いれ子こと呼よばれる穴あなが開あいている。

  The oar of a traditional Japanese boat has a hole called an ireko.