消けし炭ずみ

noun

partly burned charcoal; charcoal that has been extinguished

Refers to charcoal that has been put out before burning completely, often used in traditional settings or for specific crafts.

• 火ひ鉢ばちの中なかには消けし炭ずみが残のこっていた。

  Partly burned charcoal remained in the brazier.

• 消けし炭ずみを使つかって絵えを描かく技ぎ法ほうがある。

  There is a technique of drawing pictures using extinguished charcoal.

noun

servant boy at a brothel or teahouse (archaic)

Archaic term for a young male servant in Edo-period pleasure quarters or teahouses. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの遊ゆう郭かくでは、消けし炭ずみと呼よばれる少しょう年ねんが雑ざつ用ようをしていた。

  In Edo-period brothels, a boy called keshizumi did odd jobs.