乳ち袋ぶくろ

noun

breast; bosom

Literary or old-fashioned word for a woman's breast, often with a soft or poetic nuance. Not used in modern everyday conversation.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かには「乳ち袋ぶくろ」という言こと葉ばが詠よまれている。

  In old waka poems, the word 乳袋 is used.

noun

upper neck joint of a shamisen

Refers to the rounded part at the top of a shamisen's neck. Usually written in kana.

• 三味線しゃみせんのちぶくろは、糸いと巻まきのすぐ下したにある丸まるい部ぶ分ぶんです。

  The ちぶくろ of a shamisen is the rounded part just below the tuning pegs.