Oil shop - Aburayasan

Japanese: 油屋さん - あぶらやさん
Oil shop - Aburayasan

…He carried a curved wooden lacquer bucket on a balance balance and wore an indigo cotton kimono with a dyed chest apron. The reason why children's chest aprons and bibs are called "oil shop owner" or "abu-chan" comes from this. The expression "oil seller" for lazing around at work also comes from the business of selling oil. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Aburaya-san" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…曲物の塗桶を天秤でかつぎ,藍木綿の着物に渋染の胸前垂れをしていた。子どもの胸前垂れやよだれかけを〈油屋さん〉〈あぶちゃん〉と呼ぶのはこれに由来する。仕事を怠けることを〈油を売る〉というのも油売の業態からきたことばである。…

※「油屋さん」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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