手て生いけ

expression

doing one's own flower arranging

Refers to the act of arranging flowers oneself, often in contrast to having a professional do it. Used in contexts like ikebana or casual flower arrangement.

• 彼かの女じょは手て生いけの花はなを玄げん関かんに飾かざっている。

  She decorates the entrance with flowers she arranged herself.

expression

marrying or making a mistress of a geisha

Historical term from the pleasure quarters; refers to a patron taking a geisha as a wife or mistress. Rare in modern usage.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、大おお店だなの主しゅ人じんが芸げい者しゃを手て生いけにすることがあった。

  In the Edo period, wealthy merchants sometimes took geisha as their mistresses.