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箱はこ

box

Noun · Counter · Suffix

箱ばこが壊れこわれます。

The box's broken.

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Parts of speech

Noun · Suffix · Counter

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English dictionary meanings

box
case
chest
package
pack
crate
car (of a train, etc.)
shamisen case
shamisen
public building
community building
man who carries a geisha's shamisen
receptacle for human waste
feces (faeces)
counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

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