質しち草ぐさ

also: しちだね

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Meanings

noun

article for pawning; pawned item

Refers to an item left at a pawnshop as collateral for a loan.

彼かれは時計とけいを質しち草ぐさにして金かねを借かりた。
He pawned his watch and borrowed money.
質しち草ぐさがなければ質しち屋やでお金かねを借かりられない。
You can't borrow money at a pawnshop without an article to pawn.

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Expressions

質しち草ぐさを流ながすforfeit a pawned article

Kanji

質substance, quality, matter
草grass, weeds, herbs
種species, kind, class

Related words

質しち屋や
質屋 is the pawnshop itself, while 質草 is the item pawned there.
担たん保ぽ
担保 is a broader term for collateral or security in loans, not limited to pawnshops.

Built from

質しち+草くさ

Written forms

質しち草ぐさUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling for 'article for pawning'.
質種Usage8%
- しちぐさ
  Alternate kanji spelling; also read しちだね.
- しちだね
  Rare reading of the alternate kanji form.
しちだね

Etymology

Compound of 質 (しち, 'pawn') and 草 (くさ, 'grass; thing'), where 草 is used in the sense of 'material' or 'stuff'. The alternate form 質種 uses 種 (たね, 'seed; source') with a similar meaning.