弁当屋

べんとうや

lunch vendor

腰弁当

こしべんとう

lunchbox hanging from one's waist, low-paid office worker

手弁当

てべんとう

bringing one's own lunch, without pay

弁当箱

べんとうばこ

lunch box

弁当代

べんとうだい

lunch money

お弁当

おべんとう

bento (Japanese box lunch)

ワンコイン弁当

ワンコインべんとう

500-yen bento

コンビニ弁当

コンビニべんとう

convenience store lunch box

弁当包み

べんとうつつみ べんとうづつみ

lunch package

弁当持参

べんとうじさん

bringing one's own lunch

弁当小物

べんとうこもの

Bento accessories

愛妻弁当

あいさいべんとう

lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife

弁当男子

べんとうだんし

man who makes his own lunch to take to work

仕出し弁当

しだしべんとう

box lunches for delivery, catering meal

日の丸弁当

ひのまるべんとう

hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

弁当を使う

べんとうをつかう

to eat a boxed lunch

松花堂弁当

しょうかどうべんとう

square or rectangular bento box containing cross-shaped separators

合の子弁当

あいのこべんとう

children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

幕の内弁当

まくのうちべんとう

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)