こしぎんちゃく

Japanese
Alternative spellings
腰巾着
腰ぎんちゃく

Etymology

From 腰(こし) (koshi) + 巾着(きんちゃく) (kinchaku). Literally, "waist pouch".

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こしぎ​んちゃく [kòshígíꜜǹchàkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɕiɡʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

こしぎんちゃく • (koshiginchaku) ←こしぎんちやく (kosigintyaku)?

  1. (derogatory) one who always follows someone around subserviently

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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