指さし物もの

noun

cabinetwork; joinery

Only when written 指物 / 指し物

Refers to finely crafted wooden furniture and fittings, especially traditional Japanese joinery. Usually written as 指物 or 指し物.

• 彼かれは指さし物ものの技ぎ術じゅつを十じゅう年ねんかけて習しゅう得とくした。

  He spent ten years mastering the art of cabinetwork.

• この指さし物もの細工ざいくは釘くぎを一いっ本ぽんも使つかっていない。

  This piece of joinery uses not a single nail.

noun

hair ornament; hairpin

Only when written 挿物 / 挿し物

A decorative item inserted into the hair. Often written as 挿物 or 挿し物.

• 舞妓まいこのかんざしは美うつくしい挿さし物ものの一いっ種しゅだ。

  A maiko's ornamental hairpin is a kind of beautiful hair ornament.

noun

identification banner (archaic)

Only when written 差物 / 差し物

Archaic term for a small banner or coloured marker worn by soldiers in battle for identification, used from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period. Written as 差物 or 差し物.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの武ぶ士しは背せに差さし物ものを付つけて味み方かたを識しき別べつした。

  Warriors in the Sengoku period wore identification banners on their backs to distinguish allies.