小こ冠かん者じゃ

noun

young man who has recently come of age

Archaic term referring to a young man who has just undergone the genpuku (元服) coming-of-age ceremony. Not used in modern Japanese.

See also: 元服

• 小こ冠かん者じゃとは、元げん服ぷくを済すませたばかりの若わか者ものを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  小冠者 is an old word for a young man who has just completed his coming-of-age ceremony.