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Zach

段袋

駄袋

Reading

Kana: だんぶくろ
Romaji: danbukuro
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

large cloth sack

2

baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)

Kanji

Readings: ダン、 タン
Meanings: grade, steps, stairs
Readings: タイ、 ダイ、 ふくろ
Meanings: sack, bag, pouch
Readings: ダ、 タ
Meanings: burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse