Kobako means "small box" in Japanese, as far as I know. But try adding a katana-blade symbol over the first "o," and it turns into K?bako. Then it gains the nuance of a small box for solid aromatics used in the incense ceremony in k?d? (??, "Way of Incense"); the ritual burning of incense to count the time. Such is the...
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