虫むし押おさえ

noun

children's medicine for nervousness

Traditional term for a mild medicine given to children to calm irritability or nervousness, often associated with the idea of 'quieting the worms' believed to cause fussiness.

• 昔むかしは、夜よ泣なきする子こに虫むし押おさえを飲のませたそうだ。

  I hear that in the old days, they used to give children's calming medicine to babies who cried at night.

noun

snack for an empty stomach

A light snack taken to stave off hunger pangs, similar to 虫養い. The term is old-fashioned and rarely used in modern conversation.

See also: 虫養い

• 小こ腹ばらが空すいたので、虫むし押おさえに煎せん餅べいを食たべた。

  I was a bit hungry, so I ate some rice crackers as a snack to tide me over.