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WORD DETAIL

箱入り

はこいり

N1boxed · sheltered

Examples

贈り物には箱入りの菓子を選んだ。

物語の娘は箱入りで育ち、世間をほとんど知らなかった。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 箱入り, read はこいり, denotes a boxed state or a sheltered upbringing with little outside experience.
  • Basic usage: It describes boxed gift sweets and a fictional daughter raised in a sheltered way.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Boxed goods and sheltered upbringing
    • For goods it means packaged in a box; for a person it means raised with little exposure to the outside world.

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