木き賃ちん

noun

firewood usage fee at an inn

Archaic term for a fee charged by inns for the use of firewood to cook food brought by the guest. Historical context; not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの旅籠はたごでは、木き賃ちんを払はらって自じ炊すいすることができた。

  At Edo-period inns, one could pay a firewood fee and cook one's own meals.

noun

cheap lodging house

Abbreviation of 木賃宿 (kichin-yado), a cheap inn where guests paid only for firewood and cooked their own food. Archaic; the full term 木賃宿 is more recognizable.

See also: 木賃宿

• 「木き賃ちん」は木き賃ちん宿やどの略りゃくで、安やすい宿やどを指さした。

  「木賃」 is an abbreviation of 木賃宿, referring to a cheap inn.