据すえ物もの

noun

ornament; decorative object

General term for a decorative item placed in a room or on display.

• 棚たなの上うえに小ちいさな据すえ物ものが置おいてある。

  A small ornament is placed on the shelf.

noun

corpse for sword testing

Historical term for a dead body used to test the sharpness of a blade. Rare and archaic outside of historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、刀かたなの切きれ味あじを試ためすために据すえ物ものが使つかわれた。

  In the Edo period, corpses were used to test the sharpness of swords.

noun

unlicensed prostitute in a fixed brothel

Historical term for an unlicensed prostitute who always worked out of the same establishment. Rare and archaic.

• 遊ゆう郭かくの外そとで働はたらく据すえ物ものは、幕ばく府ふの取とり締しまりの対たい象しょうだった。

  Unlicensed prostitutes working outside the licensed quarters were targeted by the shogunate's crackdowns.