テッチャン

Japanese

Etymology

From Korean 대창(大腸) (daechang, “chitterlings”).

Noun

テッチャン • (tetchan) 

1. The large intestine of a cow eaten as meat.
   • 2013, Ōi! Tsumami Dekita zo‎^[1], page 42:

     テッチャンとは、牛(うし)の大(だい)腸(ちょう)、すなわちシマ腸(ちょう)のことを指(さ)します。シマ腸(ちょう)鍋(なべ)なんです。

     Tetchan to wa, ushi no daichō, sunawachi shimachō no koto o sashimasu. Shimachō nabe na n desu.

     Tetchan is cow large intestine, i.e. what is called shimachō. It is shimachō hotpot.

   • 2018 July 11 (last accessed), “Horumon”, in Yakiniku Toraji‎^[2], archived from the original on 30 August 2018:

     内(ない)臓(ぞう)肉(にく)の王(おう)様(さま)「ホルモン」は牛(ウシ)の大(だい)腸(ちょう)のこと。シマチョウやテッチャンの名(めい)でも親(した)しまれます。

     Naizō niku no ō-sama “horumon” wa ushi no daichō no koto. Shimachō ya tetchan no mei de mo shitashimaremasu.

     The king of organ meats, “horumon” is the large intestine of cattle. You may also know it as shimachō or tetchan.

See also

• ホルモン (horumon)
• 臓(ぞう)物(もつ) (zōmotsu)