てかせ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
手枷
手械
手桎
手梏
梏

Alternative forms
  • てがせ (tegase)

Etymology

Alteration from older form てかし (tekashi), itself a compound of 手(て) (te, “hand”) + 架(か)す (kasu, “to bridge, to join two sides”).

Pronunciation

Noun

てかせ • (tekase) ←てかせ (tekase)?

  1. handcuffs

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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