腰巾着

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腰 巾 着
こし
Grade: S 		きん > ぎん
Grade: S 		ちゃく
Grade: 3
kun'yomi on'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

From 腰(こし) (koshi, “waist”) + 巾着(きんちゃく) (kinchaku, “bag”).

Noun

腰(こし)巾(ぎん)着(ちゃく) • (koshiginchaku) 

  1. waist bag
  2. someone who always follows another person around, especially, a brownnose/sycophant
    部長(ぶちょう)の腰(こし)巾着(ぎんちゃく)
    buchō no koshiginchaku
    one who brownnoses the vice president

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