犢鼻褌

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 犢鼻褌 – see the following entry.

【褌ふんどし】H

[noun] loincloth; the traditional Japanese underwear for adult males, made from a length of cotton

[noun] (sumo) a sumo wrestler's traditional apron

[noun] a women’s 腰巻 (koshimaki, “a piece of cloth wrapped around the waist, worn as underwear underneath a kimono”)

[noun] (shogi) a fork by a knight

[noun] a crab’s abdomen; apron

(This term, 犢鼻褌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)