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

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貰いゲロ【もらいゲロmoraiGERO】貰いげろ【もらいげろmoraigero】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • sympathy vomiting; vomiting due to the sight or the smell of another person's vomit
見る影もない【みるかげもないmirukagemonai】見る影も無い Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom
観音開き【かんのんびらきkannonbiraki】

noun:

  • double doors opening from the centre

~の noun:

  • double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.)

noun:

  • method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
二人羽織【ににんばおりnininbaori】

noun:

  • "Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front ➜ 羽織
天日☆【てんぴtenpi】

noun:

  • the sun; sunlight; heat of the sun
JLPTN4
はずhazu☆《筈・弭》

noun:

  • expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be
  • nock (of a bow)
  • nock (of an arrow)
  • nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) - Sumo term ➜ はず押し【はずおし】
  • wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

そのsono飛行機hikoukiはha今ごろimagoroはha関西kansai空港kuukouにni当然touzen着いているtsuiteiruはずhazuだda。 The plane should have arrived at Kansai Airport by now.

話hanashiをwo聞いたkiitaのnoだdaからkara興味kyoumiがgaあるaru筈hazuだda。 He listened to my pitch, so he must be interested.

言い違える【いいちがえるiichigaeru】言違える Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue
言い誤る【いいあやまるiiayamaru】言誤る Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue
親藩大名【しんぱんだいみょうshinpandaimyou】

noun:

  • the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch - four character idiom
JLPTN1
当人☆【とうにんtounin】

noun:

  • the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

当人touninのnoいないinaiところtokoroでde悪口waruguchiをwo言うiuべきbekiでないdenai。 You shouldn't speak ill of a man behind his back.

今上【きんじょうkinjou】

noun:

今上陛下【きんじょうへいかkinjouheika】

noun:

今上天皇【きんじょうてんのうkinjoutennou】

noun:

  • His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
骨の髄まで【ほねのずいまでhonenozuimade】骨のずいまで

expression:

  • to the core; to the bone; to the marrow [literal]
南面【なんめんnanmen】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • south face; south side; the south; facing the south
  • ascending the throne; ruling
音仮名【おんがなongana】

noun:

中止形【ちゅうしけいchuushikei】

noun:

  • the continuative form when used as a conjunction
ボナンBONAN

noun:

  • bonang (small gongs used in the Javanese gamelan) - From Indonesian ➜ ガムラン
馬下駄【うまげたumageta】

noun:

まするmasuru

auxiliary verb:

  • used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader) - polite language ➜ ます
虻蜂取らず・あぶはち取らず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】アブハチ取らず【アブハチとらずABUHACHItorazu】虻蜂とらず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】

expression:

  • attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb
気を利かせる【きをきかせるkiwokikaseru】気をきかせる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気が利く
  • to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気が利く
かずくkazuku・かづくkazuku《被く》 Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to wear on the head - archaism
  • to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder
  • to be injured
土竜打ち【もぐらうちmogurauchi】もぐら打ち

noun:

  • driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)
一子☆【いっしisshi】

noun:

  • a child; one child
  • one of several children, especially the son and heir
  • one stone (in the game of go) ➜ 一目【いちもく】
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