香こう具ぐ師し

noun

incense maker; perfumer

Historical occupation; refers to a person who makes incense or perfumes. Rare in modern usage.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、香こう具ぐ師しは貴き重ちょうな香こうを調ちょう合ごうしていた。

  In the Edo period, incense makers blended precious fragrances.

noun

stallkeeper; street vendor; street performer; hawker

Refers to a person who runs a stall at a festival or fair, or a street vendor/performer. Can carry a slightly rough or old-fashioned nuance; sometimes used for peddlers or hucksters.

See also: 香具師 (やし)

• 祭まつりで香こう具ぐ師しが金きん魚ぎょすくいの屋や台たいを出だしていた。

  At the festival, a stallkeeper was running a goldfish-scooping booth.

• 香こう具ぐ師しが路ろ上じょうで包ほう丁ちょうの実じつ演えん販はん売ばいをしている。

  A street vendor is demonstrating and selling kitchen knives on the street.