What is a 'handekko'? I can't find any usage of this word anywhere else aside from here.
I'm thinking someone meant to create a name for Gajaskin [Hand] gear, and then somehow misappropriated 'tekko' in there (Gajaskin Tekko already exists).
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What is a 'handekko'? I can't find any usage of this word anywhere else aside from here.
I'm thinking someone meant to create a name for Gajaskin [Hand] gear, and then somehow misappropriated 'tekko' in there (Gajaskin Tekko already exists).
A 半手甲 handekko is a half glove: 半 (han=half) + 手甲 (tekko=handguard/glove). When you make a compound word using a second word that begins with a voiceless consonant the second word might gain initial voicing, a phenomenon called rendaku in Japnese language. You've seen this in other words such as 彼岸花 Higanbana (彼岸 higan + 花 hana) and 燕返し Tsubame-Gaeshi (燕 tsubame + 返し kaeshi). This is why all the actual Tsubame-Gaeshi action names begin with Kaeshi rather than Gaeshi; no longer the second word, kaeshi reverts to its natural voiceless start.