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

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アップトークAPPUTOOKU・アップ・トークAPPU/TOOKU

noun:

  • style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"
JLPTN3
年寄り★【としよりtoshiyori】年寄・年より

noun / ~の noun:

  • old person; elderly person; senior citizen

noun:

  • trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay - Sumo term
  • senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
  • important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

目が見えないmegamienai看護婦kangofuはha年寄りtoshiyoriのno世話をするsewawosuruことkotoにni一身isshinをwo捧げたsasageta。 The blind nurse devoted herself to caring for the elderly.

おo年寄りtoshiyoriにはniha生きがいikigaiがga必要hitsuyouだda。 Old people need something to live for.

在りし日★【ありしひarishihi】ありし日

noun / ~の noun:

  • past days; bygone days; days of yore; the olden days

~の noun / noun:

  • while still alive; during one's lifetime
京の着倒れ【きょうのきだおれkyounokidaore】

expression:

駅馬【えきばekiba】

noun:

  • post horse; horses used in the post-station system of old Japan - archaism
蓋を開ける【ふたをあけるfutawoakeru】ふたを開ける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to open the lid; to lift a lid Antonym: 蓋を閉める
  • to open the lid (on); to make public - idiom
  • to start (something) - idiom
  • to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect); to look at the condition of something - idiom
  • to open (of a theatre) - idiom
JLPTN2
周辺★【しゅうへんshuuhen】

noun:

  • circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
  • (computer) peripheral - IT term

北極圏hokkyokukenとはtoha北極hokkyoku周辺shuuhenのno地域chiikiのno事kotoであるdearu。 The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.

大蔵省★【おおくらしょうookurashou】

noun:

  • (former) Ministry of Finance (1869-2001) ➜ 財務省
  • Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

大蔵省ookurashouのno役人yakuninはha景気回復keikikaifukuへheのno信頼shinraiをwoよりyori高めようtakameyouとしましたtoshimashita。 Finance Ministry officials tried to boost confidence in recovery.

山陰☆【やまかげyamakage・さんいんsan'in】

noun:

  • place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains
  • mountain recess ［やまかげ］
七賢【しちけんshichiken】

noun:

三業【さんぎょうsangyou】

noun:

  • the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.
万死一生【ばんしいっしょうbanshiisshou】

noun:

  • advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death - four character idiom
恵【えe】慧

noun:

  • wisdom; enlightenment
  • prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom - Buddhism term ➜ 三学
他家【たやtaya】他屋

noun:

  • home in which a woman stays during her period (or while giving birth) - archaism
  • period; menstruation; menses - archaism
ゴールインGOORUIN☆・ゴール・インGOORU/IN Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reaching the winning post; reaching the finish; making the goal - From English "goal in"
  • getting married - colloquialism
六書【りくしょrikusho・りきしょrikisho・ろくしょrokusho】

noun:

  • the six classes of (kanji) characters ［りくしょ・りきしょ］
  • Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)
乙姫【おとひめotohime】弟姫

noun:

  • younger princess Antonym: 兄姫
  • Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Taro); Oto-Hime

乙姫otohime様samaはha浦島urashima太郎tarouにni美しいutsukushii玉手箱tamatebakoをwoくれましたkuremashita。 Lady Otohime gave Urashima Taro a beautiful Tamate-box.

真っ只中【まっただなかmattadanaka】まっただ中・真っただ中・真っ直中・まっ只中・真っ唯中・真只中irr.

noun:

  • right in the midst of; right at the height of
三悪趣【さんあくしゅsan'akushu・さんなくしゅsannakushu・さんまくしゅsanmakushu】

noun:

  • the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell - Buddhism term ➜ 三悪道
三悪道【さんあくどうsan'akudou・さんなくどうsannakudou・さんまくどうsanmakudou】

noun:

息が掛かる【いきがかかるikigakakaru】息がかかる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
成れの果て【なれのはてnarenohate】なれの果て

expression:

  • the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
解釈改憲【かいしゃくかいけんkaishakukaiken】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • effecting de facto constitutional changes through creative interpretation of the existing constitution; reinterpretation of the constitution - four character idiom
目の中に入れても痛くない【めのなかにいれてもいたくないmenonakaniiretemoitakunai】

expression:

  • thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye - idiom
左弁官【さべんかんsabenkan】

noun:

  • Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration & Popular Affairs) ➜ 弁官
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