重箱
Meanings
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jūbako; multi-tiered food box
A traditional Japanese lacquered container with stacked compartments, used for serving food on special occasions such as New Year's.
For New Year's, we pack osechi dishes into a jūbako.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を重箱に詰めるto pack food into a jūbako
I packed the osechi food for New Year's into the jūbako.
- 重箱を重ねるto stack the tiers of a jūbako
We stacked three tiers of the jūbako and served it at the celebration.
Expressions
- 重箱の隅trifles; insignificant details
- 重箱の隅をつつくnitpick; complain about trifles
- 重箱の隅をほじくるnitpick; complain about trifles
- 重箱の隅をようじでほじくるnitpick; split hairs; complain about trifles