段(だん)ボール箱(ばこ)

だんぼーるばこ
noun
cardboard box; carton
1. cardboard box; carton
A box made of corrugated cardboard (段(だん)ボール), used for packing, shipping, storage, and moving.
段(だん)ボール箱(ばこ)に詰(つ)める。
to pack into a cardboard box
引(ひ)っ越(こ)しで段(だん)ボール箱(ばこ)が足(た)りない。
We don't have enough cardboard boxes for the move.
読(よ)み終(お)わった本(ほん)を段(だん)ボール箱(ばこ)に入(い)れて倉庫(そうこ)にしまった。
I put the books I'd finished reading into a cardboard box and stored them in the warehouse.

An everyday word for a corrugated cardboard box. The material itself is 段(だん)ボール; adding 箱(ばこ) specifies the box.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 段(だん)ボール箱(ばこ)に詰(つ)める: to pack into a cardboard box
  • 段(だん)ボール箱(ばこ)を組(く)み立(た)てる: to assemble a cardboard box
  • 空(あ)き段(だん)ボール箱(ばこ): an empty cardboard box

NOTE: Often shortened to just 段(だん)ボール when the box meaning is clear from context.

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