玉箒たまははき

noun

ceremonial broom; New Year broom

A broom used in a traditional custom of sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year. Highly specific cultural term.

• 玉箒たまははきは、養よう蚕さん農のう家かで正しょう月がつの子ねの日ひに使つかわれた縁えん起ぎ物ものの箒ほうきです。

  The 玉箒 is a lucky broom used in silkworm-raising households on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year.

noun

broom plant; kochia

Refers to plants used for making brooms, such as kochia (Bassia scoparia). See also 箒草.

See also: 箒草

• 箒ほうき草ぐさは、別べつ名めい「玉箒たまははき」とも呼よばれることがあります。

  Kochia is sometimes also called 玉箒.

noun

liquor; alcohol; sake

Rare or archaic term for alcoholic drink. The connection to brooms is unclear; possibly a euphemism or metaphorical use.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、「玉箒たまははき」が酒さけを指さす隠いん語ごとして使つかわれることがある。

  In old texts, 玉箒 is sometimes used as a slang term for sake.