also: チャルメル
charumera; shawm-like street vendor's instrument
A small double-reed instrument historically used by ramen vendors and other street sellers in Japan; sometimes loosely called a 'flute' in English descriptions.
from Portuguese charamela
See also: 哨吶 (さない)
In the past, ramen street stalls played the charumera to attract customers.
When they heard the sound of the charumera, the children ran to the stall.
Standard katakana spelling for this Portuguese loanword; the kanji form 哨吶 is rare.
Alternate reading variant; less common than チャルメラ.
Rare ateji kanji form; almost never used in modern writing.
Borrowed from Portuguese 'charamela', a shawm-like instrument. The kanji 哨吶 are ateji assigned to the loanword.