Gold Chain

Japanese: 金鎖 - きんぐさり

〘 noun 〙① A chain made of gold. Also, a chain made to resemble gold. ※Ordinary Elementary School Reader (1887)〈Ministry of Education〉 Volume 7 "'The king asked, 'To what realm is this?' as he took out the gold chain from the watch."② A tall tree of the legume family. Native to Europe, it is cultivated for decorative purposes. The trunk grows to a height of about six meters. The branches and leaves are densely covered with soft hairs. The leaves are long-stalked, compound, and alternate, divided into three ovate leaflets. In summer, long stalks emerge from the leaf axils, and numerous yellow butterfly-shaped flowers grow in clusters. The fruit is a linear pod that grows to a length of about five centimeters. Kinrenka. Kibana Fuji.

Kanagusari [gold chain]

〘 noun 〙 A metal chain. Kanatsugari. ※Shoki (720), Emperor Keitai 24th year, September ( Kanbun edition) "Then Baekje captured the slave Mankyuri and used a stick, a hook, a shackle, and a chain. " ※ Kokin Chomonshu (1254), 9 "They took out a metal chain and tied it so that he would not escape."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 金でつくった鎖。また、金に似せてつくった鎖。※尋常小学読本（1887）〈文部省〉七「王、『さらば、これは、何界に』と、時計の金ぐさりを出しつつ問はれしに」② マメ科の高木。ヨーロッパ原産で、観賞用に栽植される。幹は高さ約六メートルになる。枝や葉には軟毛が密生する。葉は長柄があり、卵形の三つや小葉に分かれた複葉で、互生する。夏、葉腋から長い花柄を出し、黄色の蝶形花を総状に多数つける。果実は線形の莢(さや)で長さ約五センチメートルになる。きんれんか。きばなふじ。