垂乳根たらちね

noun

mother; parent

Classical poetic epithet for a mother or parent, often used as a pillow word (makura kotoba) in waka poetry. In modern contexts, it appears only in literary or poetic references, not in everyday speech.

• 「たらちねの母はは」という表ひょう現げんは、古ふるい和わ歌かによく見みられる。

  The expression 'tarachine no haha' is often found in old waka poems.

• 垂乳根たらちねは、母ははを讃たたえる枕まくら詞ことばとして使つかわれた。

  Tarachine was used as a pillow word praising mothers.