弾だん糸し

noun

elater

Botanical term for the spiral band or filament in certain plants, such as liverworts, that aids in spore dispersal.

• 苔たい類るいの胞ほう子し体たいには弾だん糸しと呼よばれる構こう造ぞうがある。

  The sporophyte of liverworts has a structure called an elater.

noun

plucking (a stringed instrument)

Archaic term for the action of plucking strings; rarely used in modern Japanese outside historical or poetic contexts.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんに「弾だん糸しの妙みょう」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old texts, one finds the expression 'the art of plucking strings'.