ふくぶくろ
福袋
1. lucky-dip bag; grab bag; mystery package (with a variety of articles possibly worth more than the purchase price)
2. Fukubukurois a Japanese New Year's Day custom where merchants make grab bags filled with unknown random contents and sell them for a substantial discount, usually 50% or more off the list price of the items contained within. The low prices are usually done to attract customers to shop at that store during the new year. The term is formed from Japanese fuku (福, good fortune/luck) and fukuro (袋, bag). The change of fukuro to bukuro is the phenomenon known as rendaku.
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