ふるちん

Japanese

Alternative forms

• ふりちん (furichin)

Etymology

Attested from the 1950s. Compare 振(ふ)る (furu, “to wave, to swing”) and ちんこ (chinko, “penis”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふるちん [fùrúchíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕĩɴ]

Noun

ふるちん or フルチン • (furuchin) 

1. (slang, vulgar) with penis exposed
   • 1957, Watashi no rirekisho [My curriculum vitae], Nihon Keizai Shimbun, page 264:

     私(わたし)の履(り)歴(れき)書(しょ)って「先(せん)生(せい)、フリチンですね」ともいえないので、私(わたし)は神(しん)妙(みょう)に立(た)っていた。

     Watashi no rirekisho tte “sensei, furichin desu ne” to mo ienai no de, watashi wa shinmyō ni tatteita.

     I couldn't have my CV say, ‘Teacher, exposed yourself, eh,’ so I stood by quietly.

   • 1982, Masaaki Tachihara, Tachihara Masaaki zenshū [Collected works], page 281:

     「暑(あつ)いので、僕(ぼく)はふるちんですょ」「ああ、夏(なつ)はそれがいちばんよい。褌(ふんどし)できんたまを締(し)めた方(ほう)がちからが出(で)る、という人(ひと)もいるか、きんたまをぶらぶらさせて、それでなおちからが出(だ)せるようでなくちゃ、本(ほん)当(とう)の剣(けん)士(し)とはいえない。」

     “Atsui no de, boku wa furuchin desyo”“Ā, natsu wa sore ga ichiban yoi. Fundoshi de kintama o shimeta hō ga chikara ga deru, to iu hito mo iru ka, kintama o burabura sasete, sore de nao chikara ga daseru yō denakucha, hontō no kenshi to wa ienai.”

     ‘Because it’s hot, I left my penis out.’ ‘Oh, that’s great in the summertime. But don't people say that your loincloth should hold your testicles securely to give you strength; if you let your balls dangle, without that strength, you can't call yourself a true swordsman.’