麝じゃ香こう

noun

musk

Refers to the strong-smelling reddish-brown substance secreted by the male musk deer, used in perfumery and traditional medicine. Also used in compound words like 麝香猫 (civet) and 麝香鹿 (musk deer).

• この香こう水すいには麝じゃ香こうが使つかわれている。

  This perfume contains musk.

• 麝じゃ香こうは古ふるくから香こう料りょうや薬くすりとして珍ちん重ちょうされてきた。

  Musk has been highly valued as a fragrance and medicine since ancient times.