薬くすり食ぐい

noun

eating game meat in winter to ward off cold

A traditional practice, especially in mountainous regions, of eating wild boar, deer, or other game meat during winter as a way to build stamina and resist the cold. The term is historical and regional; not an everyday word.

• 昔むかし、山やま里ざとでは冬ふゆになると薬くすり食ぐいと称しょうして猪肉ししにくを食たべた。

  Long ago, in mountain villages, people ate wild boar meat in winter, calling it kusurigui.