jmdict 1240550 Active (id#2281951)
玉の輿； 玉のこし [sK]
【 たまのこし 】
  1. [exp,n]
    • palanquin set with jewels
  2. [exp,n] [id]
    • money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1240560 玉の輿に乗る 1. to marry into a family of rank; to marry money
    • ⇐ see: 2842747 逆玉の輿【ぎゃくたまのこし】 1. man marrying into wealth and power
History:
    • A 2023-11-02 20:05:26 Jim Breen (id#2281951)
    • A* 2023-11-02 16:03:00 Stephen Kraus (id#2281937)
    • Refs
      〈玉／たま／タマ〉の〈輿／こし／コシ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 玉の輿　　 │ 80,003 │ 97.4% │
│ 玉のこし　 │  1,025 │  1.2% │ - sK
│ 玉のコシ　 │    151 │  0.2% │
│ たまのこし │    943 │  1.1% │
│ たまのコシ │     29 │  0.0% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -13,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -17,0 +20 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -19 +22,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1240560">玉の輿に乗る・たまのこしにのる</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1240560">玉の輿に乗る</xref>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
    • A 2012-06-22 01:33:47 Jim Breen
    • A* 2012-06-21 23:55:01 Paul Upchurch
    • Refs
      daij (sense 2)
12.6k hits ("玉のこし")
    • Diff
      @@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>玉のこし</keb>
@@ -14,0 +17,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1240560">玉の輿に乗る・たまのこしにのる</xref>
+<gloss>money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man</gloss>
+</sense>
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