両りゃん個こ

noun

two

Archaic counter-like noun for 'two', used in old counting or slang. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんに「両りゃん個こ」と書かいて「りゃんこ」と読よませる例れいがある。

  There are examples in Edo-period documents where 両個 is read as りゃんこ.

noun

samurai

Archaic derogatory slang for a samurai, possibly from a pun on 両個 (two) and 士 (samurai). Extremely rare and obsolete.

• 「りゃんこ」は昔むかし、武ぶ士しを嘲あざけって呼よんだ隠いん語ごの一ひとつとされる。

  りゃんこ is said to have been a slang term used to mock samurai in the past.