container

Japanese: container
container

...The transportation of cargo in boxes of a certain size called containers. Containers were invented in the United States at the end of the 19th century, and began to be used for rail freight transport in Europe and the United States around 1920.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "container" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…コンテナーcontainerとよばれる一定の大きさの箱に貨物を積み込んで輸送すること。コンテナーは19世紀末にアメリカで考案され,1920年ころから欧米の鉄道貨物輸送に使用されるようになった。…

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