簓ささら子こ

noun

notched bamboo percussion instrument

A traditional Japanese percussion instrument: a notched bamboo rod scraped with a bamboo whisk-like implement. Also simply called 簓 (ささら).

See also: 簓

• 祭まつりで簓ささら子こを擦する音おとが聞きこえた。

  I heard the sound of a 簓子 being scraped at the festival.

noun

wooden vertical batten

In architecture or woodworking, a thin vertical strip of wood used as a batten or lath.

• 壁かべに簓ささら子こを打うち付つけてから漆しっ喰くいを塗ぬる。

  After nailing the wooden battens to the wall, plaster is applied.