軍ぐん持じ

noun

water bottle (of a monk or nun); flask

Buddhist term for a water bottle or flask carried by monks and nuns, often used for drinking or ritual purification.

• 僧そう侶りょは軍ぐん持じに水みずを入いれて托たく鉢はつに出でかけた。

  The monk put water in his flask and went out for alms.

noun

vase

Archaic use; in modern Japanese, 花瓶 (かびん) is the standard word for vase.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、軍ぐん持じが花はなを生いける器うつわを指さすこともあった。