てかせ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
手枷
手械
手桎
手梏

Alternative forms

  • てがせ (tegase)

Etymology

Alteration from older form てかし (tekashi), itself a compound of () (te, hand) + () (kasu, to bridge, to join two sides).

Pronunciation

Noun

てかせ • (tekaseてかせ (tekase)?

  1. handcuffs

See also

References

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