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

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ピントがずれるPINTOgazureru・ピントがズれるPINTOgaZUreru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be out of focus ➜ ずれる
  • to be off the point (e.g. of a plan); to have not got the point
論旨不明【ろんしふめいronshifumei】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • the point of an argument being unclear; the tenor of an argument being poorly reasoned - four character idiom
役者子供【やくしゃこどもyakushakodomo】

noun:

  • skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom
  • child kabuki actor - orig. meaning - archaism
いざという時【いざというときizatoiutoki】いざと言う時

expression:

  • when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ
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縁側☆【えんがわengawa】椽側

noun:

  • veranda; porch; balcony; open corridor ➜ 縁【えん】
  • bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish) ［縁側］ ➜ 担鰭骨

其のsono日hiはha一日nichi淋しいsabishiiペンPENのno音otoをwo聞いkiiてte暮しkurashiたta。其のsono間maにniはha折々oriori千代chiyo々々とto云うiu声koeもmo聞えkikoeたta。文鳥bunchouもmo淋しいsabishiiからkara鳴くnakuのnoでdeはhaなかろnakaroうuかkaとto考えkangaeたta。然しshikashi縁側engawaへhe出deてte見るmiruとto、二本honのno留りtomari木の間konomaをwo、彼方kanataへhe飛んtonだりdari、此方へhe飛んtonだりdari、絶間taemaなくnaku行きikiつtsu戻りmodoriつtsuしshiてteいるiru。少しsukoshiもmo不平fuheiらしいrashii様子yousuはhaなかっnakaたta。 I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.

二十五史【にじゅうごしnijuugoshi】

noun:

  • Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan) ➜ 二十四史
冷え込む☆【ひえこむhiekomu】 Inflection

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold)
  • to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones
  • to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)

明け方akegata近くchikakuはha冷え込むhiekomu。 It gets extremely cold toward dawn.

屈辱の日【くつじょくのひkutsujokunohi】

noun:

  • day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)
左側通行【ひだりがわつうこうhidarigawatsuukou】

noun:

  • driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving ➜ 右側通行

日本nipponでdeはha、自動車jidoushaはha左側通行hidarigawatsuukouですdesu。 Cars keep to the left in Japan.

翻弄☆【ほんろうhonrou】飜弄 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • trifling with; toying with; playing with; making sport of; making fun of; leading around by the nose
  • tossing about (a ship)

そのsono船funeはha波namiにniほんろうhonrouされたsareta。 The ship was at the mercy of the waves.

ハレーションHAREESHON

noun:

  • halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)
ニュートン式望遠鏡【ニュートンしきぼうえんきょうNYUUTONshikibouenkyou】

noun:

  • Newtonian telescope (having a secondary mirror at 45 degrees, reflecting light into the eyepiece)
美術大学【びじゅつだいがくbijutsudaigaku】

noun:

  • college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
美大【びだいbidai】

noun:

  • college of the arts; university of the arts; art university - abbreviation
秋声【しゅうせいshuusei】

noun:

  • sound of the autumn wind; sound of the fall wind
宝冠章【ほうかんしょうhoukanshou】

noun:

  • Orders of the Precious Crown; Orders of the Sacred Crown
三国志【さんごくしsangokushi】

noun:

年度末【ねんどまつnendomatsu】

noun:

  • end of the fiscal year; end of the school year

自動車jidoushaのno売れ行きureyukiはha年度末nendomatsuにni後退koutaiしましたshimashita。 Automobile sales suffered a setback at the end of the financial year.

指骨【しこつshikotsu】

noun:

  • phalanx (phalange) of the hand
  • phalanx (phalange) of the foot ➜ 趾骨
初商い【はつあきないhatsuakinai】

noun:

  • first sale of the year; first trade of the year ➜ 初売り
生徒会長【せいとかいちょうseitokaichou】

noun:

  • head of the student council; president of the student council
統治下【とうちかtouchika】

noun:

  • being under the rule of; being under the government of
不二【ふじfuji】

noun:

  • being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different)

expression:

  • Very sincerely yours ➜ 不一

~の noun / noun:

  • peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled - orig. meaning - archaism
白虎【びゃっこbyakko・はっこhakko】

noun:

  • White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens) ➜ 四神
  • seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
玄武【げんぶgenbu・げんむgenmu】

noun:

  • Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) ➜ 四神
  • seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
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