Editing Bento (section)

==Etymology==
In Japan, "''bento''" is written in [[kanji]] as {{linktext|弁当}} ([[Kyūjitai]]: 辨當<ref name="DainihonKokugoJiten1941">{{Cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:辨當 |script-encyclopedia=ja:大日本國語辭典 |encyclopedia=Dai Nihon kokugo jiten |trans-encyclopedia=(Dictionary of the Japanese Language) |last=Matsui<!--松井--> |first=Kanji<!--簡治--> |year=1941 |publisher=冨山房 (Fuzanbō) |location=Tokyo, Japan |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1870727/1/102?keyword=%E5%BC%81%E5%BD%93 |edition=修訂版 |volume=5 |page=195 |language=ja |doi=10.11501/1870727 |oclc=672545596 |last2=Ueda<!--上田--> |first2=Kazutoshi<!--萬年 / 万年-->}}</ref>). The word itself originates from the Chinese [[Song dynasty]] [[slang]] term {{linktext|便当}} ({{linktext|便當}}, {{zh|p=biàndāng}}), meaning "convenient" or "convenience" (this sense is still used in [[Wu Chinese|Wu]] dialects such as [[Shanghainese dialect|Shanghainese]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Xu|first1=Baohua |last2=Tao|first2=Huan |script-title=zh:上海方言词典|trans-title=Shanghai Dialect Dictionary |year=1997|publisher=Jiangsu Educational Press |location=Nanjing |isbn=7-5343-3122-6 |page=119}}</ref>). When the word was imported to Japan, it was written with the [[ateji]] {{linktext|便道}} and {{linktext|弁道}}.<ref name=bento-dic>Bento [http://gogen-allguide.com/he/bentou.html 弁当（べんとう）] 語源由来辞典 (Etymology Dictionary)</ref><ref>[https://www.japanhoppers.com/en/all_about_japan/food/234/ Bento (Lunch Box)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003115222/https://www.japanhoppers.com/en/all_about_japan/food/234/ |date=2020-10-03 }}, Japan Hoppers, Retrieved on 29 May 2017</ref> In modern times, the term is commonly used in East and Southeast Asia. In [[mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Taiwan]], ''bento'' remains written as the original name {{linktext|便當}} ({{zh|p=biàndāng}}). In other [[Sinophone]] communities, both ''biandang'' and ''bento'' are often interchangeably used.