Goose neck

Japanese: 雁首 - がんくび
Goose neck
〘Noun〙① (The original was long and wavy, resembling the neck of a wild goose ) The part of a kiseru pipe that holds tobacco. ※Haiku, Inukoshu (1633), vol. 4: "How the gankubi that crosses like a pole, kiseru (Tei-toku) " ② A clay pipe shaped like the head of a kiseru pipe, used for things like the outlet of a downspout. A gooseneck pipe. ③ Colloquially, it refers to a person's neck or head. ※Kakushihon, Kokuchiki (1780), vol. 1: "When I asked the owner of a pipe shop for some money, he shook his gooseneck in a greasy greeting." ④ = gankubi zeni (gooseneck money) [Collective Words (around 1797)]

Kari-kubi [Goose neck]

〘 noun 〙 (from the meaning of the neck of a wild goose) Something shaped like the neck of a wild goose. Also, especially the head of the penis. The glans. Wild goose. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Ichidai Otoko (1682), 8 "Since he was a man with no set end in sight, he had a rosary hung on his neck ."

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Japanese:
〘名〙① (もとのものは、長くうねって雁(がん)の首に似ているところから) キセルの、タバコをつめる部分。※俳諧・犬子集(1633)四「棹になりてわたるがんくびはきせる哉〈貞徳〉」② 竪樋(たてどい)の落とし口などに用いる、キセルの頭の形をした土管。雁首管。③ 俗に、人の首、頭をいう。※滑稽本・古朽木(1780)一「煙管屋(キセルや)の亭主に無心いへば、鴈首(ガンクビ)をふって脂(やに)っこい挨拶」④ =がんくびぜに(雁首銭)〔俚言集覧(1797頃)〕

かり‐くび【雁首】

〘名〙 (雁の首の意から) 形が雁の首に似るもの。また、特に陰茎の頭。亀頭。雁(かり)。※浮世草子・好色一代男(1682)八「末定めなき作蔵なれば、かり首(クビ)に珠数を懸けさせ」

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