white wax
Refers to bleached or purified wax, often from beeswax or plant sources, used in candles, polishes, and cosmetics.
白蝋はろうそくの原料として使われる。
White wax is used as a material for candles.
蜜蝋 is beeswax, which can be processed into white wax (白蝋).
tree wax; insect wax; Chinese wax
Standard kanji spelling for white wax.
Search-only variant using the kyūjitai form of 蝋.
Search-only mixed kanji-kana spelling.
Compound of 白 (white) and 蝋 (wax). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term straightforwardly describes bleached or purified wax.