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delivery locker; parcel box
A secure storage box, typically installed at apartment buildings, where delivery drivers can leave packages when residents are not home.
宅配ボックスに届いてた。
It was delivered to the parcel locker.
このマンションには宅配ボックスがある。
This apartment building has delivery lockers.
不在でも宅配ボックスに入れてもらえるから便利だ。
It's convenient because they can leave packages in the delivery locker even when I'm not home.
宅配ボックス is a common amenity in Japanese apartment buildings (集合住宅).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 宅配ボックスに届く (to be delivered to the parcel locker)
- 宅配ボックスから取り出す (to retrieve from the parcel locker)
- 宅配ボックス付き (with delivery locker)
RELATED TERMS:
- 置き配: leave-at-door delivery
- 再配達: redelivery
- 不在票: missed delivery notice