連れん木ぎ

noun

wooden pestle

A wooden pestle used with a suribachi (mortar). The term is used mainly in western Japan; the more common word is すりこぎ.

See also: すりこぎ

• 祖そ母ぼは連れん木ぎでごまをするのが上手じょうずだ。

  My grandmother is skilled at grinding sesame seeds with a wooden pestle.

• 関かん西さいではすりこぎのことを連れん木ぎと呼よぶことがある。

  In Kansai, a surikogi is sometimes called a rengi.