巾きん着ちゃく

noun

drawstring purse; money pouch

A small traditional pouch closed with a drawstring, often used for carrying money or small items.

• 祖そ母ぼが巾きん着ちゃくにお金かねを入いれてくれた。

  My grandmother put money in a drawstring purse for me.

• 浴衣ゆかたの帯おびに巾きん着ちゃくをぶら下さげている。

  She has a drawstring pouch hanging from her yukata sash.

noun

fried tofu pouch (in oden)

A pouch made of deep-fried tofu (aburaage) stuffed with ingredients like mochi, konjac, or vegetables, simmered in oden broth.

See also: おでん

• おでんの巾きん着ちゃくには餅もちが入はいっている。

  The fried tofu pouch in the oden has mochi inside.

noun

hanger-on; follower; flunky

Abbreviation of 腰巾着 (こしぎんちゃく), a person who always follows someone around, often with a negative connotation of sycophancy.

See also: 腰巾着

• 彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうの巾きん着ちゃくみたいにいつもついて回まわっている。

  He's always following the company president around like a flunky.

noun

unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)

Archaic term for an illegal prostitute during the Edo period, often operating outside the licensed pleasure quarters.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、巾きん着ちゃくは非ひ公こう認にんの遊ゆう女じょを指さした。

  In the Edo period, 巾着 referred to an unlicensed prostitute.