股また旅たび

noun

wandering life of a gambler

Historical term referring to the itinerant lifestyle of Edo-period gamblers (bakuto) who traveled from town to town. Often associated with yakuza lore and period dramas.

• 彼かれは股また旅たび物ものの映えい画がが好すきだ。

  He likes films about wandering gamblers.

• 股また旅たび姿すがたの男おとこが宿しゅく場ば町まちを歩あるいていた。

  A man dressed like a wandering gambler was walking through the post town.