耳じ栓せん

noun

earplug (traditional Jomon-period jewellery)

Archaic term for a type of earplug worn as jewellery in the earlobe, especially during the Jomon period. Not used for modern earplugs (which are 耳栓 read みみせん).

See also: 耳当

• 縄じょう文もん時じ代だいの遺い跡せきから耳じ栓せんが出しゅつ土どした。

  Earplugs were excavated from Jomon-period ruins.