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

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風声鶴唳【ふうせいかくれいfuuseikakurei】

noun:

  • getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow - four character idiom
間【けんken】

noun:

  • 1.818 m (6 shaku)

counter:

  • counter used to number the gaps between pillars

私watashiとto、同僚douryouとtoがga、山yamaのno崖っぷちgakeppuchiにni立っtaてteいるiru小屋koyaにni等しいhitoshii二間kenのno家ieーー二間kenとto云っyuてteもmo、上りnobori口guchiとto、そのsono次tsugiとto、六畳jouにni二畳jouのno家ieにni住んsunでdeいiたta。食べるtaberuものmonoはha、芋imo、干hi魚gyo、豆腐toufu、寒いsamui山の上yamanoueなnaのでnode、冬fuyuにniなるnaruとto芋imoがga凍っkooてteいるiru。 Me and my colleagues lived in a small 2 room cabin built on the edge of a cliff on the mountain. I say 2 rooms, but besides the entrance, there was a 6 by 2 tatami room. We ate potatoes, dried fish and tofu. Because we were on the top of a cold mountain, the potatoes would freeze during the winter.

吊り上げ【つりあげtsuriage】釣り上げ・釣上げ

noun:

  • mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)
イナウINAU

noun:

  • inaw (ritual wood shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world.) - From Ainu
空写し【からうつしkarautsushi】

noun:

  • clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)
本木にまさる末木なし【もときにまさるうらきなしmotokinimasaruurakinashi】本木に勝る末木なし

expression:

  • of soup and love, the first is the best; one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse - proverb
プレミアムフライデーPUREMIAMUFURAIDEE・プレミアム・フライデーPUREMIAMU/FURAIDEE

noun:

  • Premium Friday; government-backed campaign to allow workers to go home early the last Friday of the month - From English
九蓮宝燈【チューレンポウトウCHUURENPOUTOU】

noun:

  • nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit - Mahjong term
四大節【しだいせつshidaisetsu】

noun:

  • the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節・明治節
おいしいところを持っていく【おいしいところをもっていくoishiitokorowomotteiku】美味しいところを持っていく・おいしい所を持っていく・美味しい所を持っていく Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to take a big bite
  • to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show
町衆【まちしゅうmachishuu】

noun:

  • important local businessemen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders - archaism
尽日【じんじつjinjitsu】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • all day long

temporal noun:

  • last day of the month; last day of the year; New Year's Eve
同時代☆【どうじだいdoujidai】

noun:

  • the same age; same period
孫子【そんしsonshi】

noun:

  • Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE) - honorific language
  • The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC) ➜ 孫子の兵法
  • Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)

世界的にsekaitekini過大にkadaini評価hyoukaされたsareta中国chuugoku書shoといえばtoieba、『孫子magoko』ですdesuかねkane。 When it comes to Chinese books that are overvalued worldwide I suppose it's Sun Tzu, isn't it?

軌を一にする【きをいつにするkiwoitsunisuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to concur; to be the same (thought, opinion, etc.); to have the same way of doing
ここ一番【ここいちばんkokoichiban】此処一番

expression / noun:

  • the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
纏【まといmatoi】纏い

noun:

  • battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather
  • fireman's standard (Edo period)
穴場☆【あなばanaba】

noun:

  • little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept-secret place; hole-in-the-wall

このkono温泉onsenはha穴場anabaだdaねne。 This hot spring is a great find.

避暑地【ひしょちhishochi】

noun:

  • place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat ➜ 避暑

軽井沢karuizawaはha避暑地hishochiとしてtoshite有名yuumeiであるdearu。 Karuizawa is famous as a summer resort.

付け木【つけぎtsukegi】つけ木・付木

noun:

  • thin strip of wood smeared with sulfur, used to light a fire
腹を割って話す【はらをわってはなすharawowattehanasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk
送検☆【そうけんsouken】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • sending the person accused to the prosecutor
うまい汁【うまいしるumaishiru】旨い汁

expression / noun:

  • the lion's share; the cream
律令国家【りつりょうこっかritsuryoukokka】

noun:

  • the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes
該問題【がいもんだいgaimondai】

noun:

  • the matter in question; the said problem
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