ガジ

noun

Ono no Michikaze card; rainman card

In hanafuda, the Ono no Michikaze card, especially when used as a wild card. Rare term known mainly to players.

• 花はな札ふだでガジを引ひいたら、役やくが一いっ気きに揃そろった。

  When I drew the Ono no Michikaze card in hanafuda, my hand came together all at once.

noun

pickpocket's blade; escape knife

Dated thieves' cant for a short blade used in pickpocketing or to cut oneself free from police rope. Extremely rare outside historical or criminal contexts.

See also: 捕縄

• 捕ほ縄じょうを切きるためのガジを隠かくし持もっていた。

  He secretly carried a small blade for cutting police rope.