wastebasket; wastepaper basket
Archaic term for a basket used to collect wastepaper, especially in historical or literary settings. Not used in modern Japanese; the common modern word is くずかご.
In merchant houses of the Edo period, they put spoiled writing paper into the wastepaper basket.
The standard modern word for wastebasket or trash can, used in everyday contexts.
General modern term for a trash can or garbage bin, not limited to paper.
Historical kanji spelling; 反故 means wastepaper and 籠 means basket. The variant 反古籠 is also attested.
Alternate historical spelling using 反古 for wastepaper.
Compound of 反故 (hogo, 'wastepaper') and 籠 (kago, 'basket'). The reading ほぐ is a historical voiced variant of ほご. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is attested in Edo-period texts.