noun
soap dish; soap box
Refers to a container or dish for holding soap, typically in a bathroom or kitchen. Can be a box with a lid or an open dish.
新しい石鹸箱を洗面所に置いた。
I put a new soap dish in the washroom.
この石鹸箱は水はけがいい。
This soap dish drains well.
Standard kanji spelling for a soap box or soap dish.
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling; 石鹸 is sometimes written in kana for readability.
Compound of 石鹸 (sekken, 'soap') and 箱 (hako, 'box'). The reading ばこ is a rendaku (voicing) of はこ.