Results, langage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

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その罪を憎んでその人を憎まず【そのつみをにくんでそのひとをにくまずsonotsumiwonikundesonohitowonikumazu】其の罪を憎んで其の人を憎まず

expression:

トーインTOOIN

noun:

  • toe-in (alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back)
小手返し【こてがえしkotegaeshi】

noun:

  • Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body - Martial Arts term
三者三様【さんしゃさんようsanshasan'you】

noun:

  • each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom
三人三様【さんにんさんようsanninsan'you】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way
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時代★【じだいjidai】

temporal noun / noun:

  • period; epoch; era; age
  • the times; those days
  • oldness; ancientness; antiquity
  • antique; period piece - abbreviation ➜ 時代物

今やimaya時代jidaiとtoのno競争kyousouになったninatta。 It was now a race against time.

高校koukou時代jidaiについてnitsuite最もmottomo後悔koukaiするsuruことkotoをwo人々hitobitoにni尋ねるtazuneruとto大抵taiteiのno人hitoはha決まっkimaてteこうkou言うiu。時間jikanをwo無駄mudaにniしshiすぎsugiてteいiたta、とto。 When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.

同田貫【どうたぬきdoutanuki】胴田貫

noun:

  • Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province
  • sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords
  • in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword
川向こう【かわむこうkawamukou】

noun:

  • the other side of a river
  • the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live - sensitive
大叫喚地獄【だいきょうかんじごくdaikyoukanjigoku】

noun:

  • Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism - Buddhism term ➜ 奈落【ならく】
茶筅【ちゃせんchasen】茶せん・茶筌

noun:

  • tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea
  • hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ【けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれkeikoutonarumogyuugotonarunakare】鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ

expression:

  • better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb
中選挙区制【ちゅうせんきょくせいchuusenkyokusei】

noun:

  • (Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district ➜ 大選挙区制
伊達の薄着【だてのうすぎdatenousugi】だての薄着

expression:

  • wearing light clothes for the sake of fashion
表裏一体【ひょうりいったいhyouriittai】

noun / ~の noun:

  • the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin - four character idiom
宵山【よいやまyoiyama】

noun:

  • small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival) ➜ 宵宮
須弥山【しゅみせんshumisen】

noun:

  • Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)
足根【そくこんsokukon】

noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • tarsal (relating to the tarsus - a group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)
ポツダム命令【ポツダムめいれいPOTSUDAMUmeirei】

noun:

  • Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration) ➜ ポツダム宣言
天一天上【てんいちてんじょうten'ichitenjou】

noun:

  • days on which Ten'ichijin is in heaven (the 30th to the 45th days of the sexagenary cycle) ➜ 天一神・癸巳・戊申
売り抜け【うりぬけurinuke】売りぬけ・うり抜け・売抜け

noun:

  • selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market
人の花は赤い【ひとのはなはあかいhitonohanahaakai】

expression:

  • the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb
近流【こんるkonru・きんるkinru】

noun:

  • banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system
十手【じってjitte・じっていjittei】實手irr.・実手irr.

noun:

  • jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
仏語【ぶつごbutsugo】

noun:

  • Buddhist term
  • teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha
官僚主導【かんりょうしゅどうkanryoushudou】

noun / ~の noun:

  • initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom
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