a small box for carrying objects such as seals and medicines, worn at the waist
inro in American English
(ˈinrou)
nounWord forms: plural-ro
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume
Word origin
[1610–20; ‹ Japn inrō ‹ MChin, equiv. to Chin yìn signature seal, chop + lǒng round lidded container; the inro was originally used to carry one's chop]This word is first recorded in the period 1610–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cult, cultivate, objective, system, vibrate
Examples of 'inro' in a sentence
inro
Even more ingenious than the netsuke are the inro, the small bags to which the netsuke were attached.