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革袋 (かわぶくろ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

革かわ袋ぶくろ

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Meanings

1

noun

leather bag

A bag made of leather; a straightforward compound of 革 (leather) and 袋 (bag).

旅たび人びとは革かわ袋ぶくろに水みずを入いれて持もち歩あるいた。
The traveler carried water in a leather bag.

Written forms

革かわ袋ぶくろUsage63%
Standard kanji spelling for a leather bag.
皮かわ袋ぶくろUsage38%
Alternate spelling using 皮 (skin/hide); less common than 革袋 but still encountered.
革かわ嚢ぶくろ
Rare spelling using 嚢 (pouch/sac); mostly found in older or specialized texts.

Kanji

革

leather, skin, reform

袋sack, bag, pouch

皮pelt, skin, hide

嚢pouch, purse, bag

Etymology

Compound of 革 (kawa, 'leather') and 袋 (fukuro, 'bag'), with rendaku voicing of ふくろ to ぶくろ.