乳ち袋ぶくろ

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Meanings

1

Literary or old-fashioned word for a woman's breast, often with a soft or poetic nuance. Not used in modern everyday conversation.

古ふるい和わ歌かには「乳ち袋ぶくろ」という言こと葉ばが詠よまれている。
In old waka poems, the word 乳袋 is used.

2

upper neck joint of a shamisen

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the rounded part at the top of a shamisen's neck. Usually written in kana.

三味線しゃみせんのちぶくろは、糸いと巻まきのすぐ下したにある丸まるい部ぶ分ぶんです。
The ちぶくろ of a shamisen is the rounded part just below the tuning pegs.