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

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ふゆりんごfuyuringo

noun:

  • apple sold during the winter; winter apple
うまのみみにねんぶつumanomimininenbutsu

expression:

  • preaching to the deaf; reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom 念仏
あけのこるakenokoru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to remain in the morning sky (i.e. the moon and stars) 暮れ残る
やそうとびyasoutobi

noun:

  • leap up from the initial charge in order to surprise the opponent - Sumo term
にょうぼうてんかnyouboutenka

noun:

  • husband being henpecked; house where the wife is the boss; petticoat government - four character idiom
かけこみじょうしゃkakekomijousha

noun:

  • rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes
なつあしnatsuashi

noun:

  • kanji radical 35 when at the bottom (as in the character for summer)
しょうをいんとほっすればまずうまをいよshouwointohossurebamazuumawoiyo

expression:

  • he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin - proverb
こうとりょうくkoutoryouku

expression:

  • When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off - from 狡兎死して良狗烹らる - four character idiom 狡兎死して走狗烹らる
ほほうhohou

noun:

  • revitalizing treatment that stimulates the organs or the meridians (in Chinese medicine)
はつあわせhatsuawase

noun:

  • the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono
殿じょうがんでんjouganden

noun:

  • pavilion housing the empress's reception hall (in the inner Heian Palace) 七殿十七殿
ないかんnaikan

noun:

ダチョウもくDACHOUmoku

noun:

  • Struthioniformes; order comprising the ratites (sometimes spec. only the ostriches)
せかいぞうsekaizou

noun:

  • picture of the world; world picture; image of the world; Weltbild
ひにひにhinihini

adverb:

  • day by day; by the day
  • daily; every day - archaism

患者kanjaha日に日にhinihiniよくyokuなってnatteいったitta The patient was recovering daily.

ひごとにhigotoni

adverb:

  • day by day; every day; by the day
もりじおmorijioもりしおmorishio

noun:

  • placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt
めがねにかなうmeganenikanau Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to
ちょうりchouri

noun:

  • eta (Edo period) 穢多
  • administrator of a temple - Buddhism term 座主別当検校
  • low-ranking government official with a comparatively high salary (in medieval China) - archaism
しもはんきshimohankiかはんきkahanki

noun:

  • second half of the year; second half of the fiscal year 上半期
はつこちhatsukochi

noun:

  • first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring
しょさんshosan Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time
  • visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time
ちゃとうchatou

noun:

  • an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased
  • a tea infusion; tea and hot water
  • tea ceremony 茶の湯
ケーワイKEEWAIケイーワイKEIIWAIケイワイKEIWAI

noun:

  • being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation - from the initials of 空気(が)読めない - abbreviation 空気が読めない

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