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VocabJLPT N3

heavy

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Definitions

1. jūbako
2. multi-tiered food box
3. heavy
4. serious

A suffix or prefix meaning "fold" or "layer," used to indicate multiplicity or stacking. For example, it appears in words meaning "double" or "multiple layers," and is also used in compound words related to weight or seriousness.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

I don't know, everything just looks more delicious when it's in a jūbako!

Sentence 2

My friend asked, "Where did you get that jūbako?"

Sentence 3

Wait, the bottom of the jūbako is leaking!

Sentence 4

Um, haven't you stacked the jūbako tiers upside down?

Sentence 5

Since we're going all out, let's put the osechi in the jūbako!