It is two horizontal lines with a total of four kanji characters.
The top line is a Kanji character meaning extremely large, and the bottom line is slang for penis.
The bottom line reads “Mala” in Japanese
The etymology of the word is “something that hinders Buddhist practice and deceives the human mind.” and is said to have been appropriated by Buddhist monks as a cloak for the penis.
If we further divide it into words, the first character “魔” is a Kanji character for “devil, demons, etc.” The second character “羅” can mean “net or thin robe,” but it can also mean “to be connected or arranged,” and if the latter is the meaning, it is thought to be connected to the aforementioned etymology.
The word was used frequently until the Showa period (1926-1989), but nowadays it is an old-fashioned word that is rarely seen anymore.
The modern way of saying it has various names as well as English, but there are no plans to publish them at present, although we will publish them when we have a chance.
