Etymology

kyaraben

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Today it means: A style of elaborately arranged bento which features food decorated to look like people, characters from popular media, animals, and plants. Full definition →

Japanese キャラ弁 ← English character
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  1. Japanese · derived from弁当
  2. English · derived fromcharacter
  3. Japanese · borrowed fromキャラ弁
  4. English todaykyaraben

Borrowed from Japanese キャラ弁 (kyaraben), a contraction of キャラクター弁当 (kyarakutā bentō), itself from English character and Japanese 弁当 (bentō).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.