noun
offertory box
The box at a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple where visitors throw monetary offerings.
お賽銭を賽銭箱に入れる。
I put an offering into the offertory box.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, sometimes used for readability.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, sometimes used for readability.
Refers to the monetary offering itself, while 賽銭箱 is the box that holds the offerings.
Compound of 賽銭 (saisen, 'monetary offering') and 箱 (hako, 'box').