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

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盾の両面を見よ【たてのりょうめんをみよtatenoryoumenwomiyo】楯の両面を見よ

expression:

  • look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield [literal] - proverb
水郷☆【すいごうsuigou】

noun:

  • beautiful riverside location; lakeside district; canal district
関心を呼ぶ【かんしんをよぶkanshinwoyobu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

  • to be the subject of attention; to call people's attention; to be the rage; to be of interest
全休【ぜんきゅうzenkyuu】

noun / prefix:

  • whole (period)
  • absence during a complete tournament - Sumo term
無体【むたいmutai】無代・無台 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

  • intangible; incorporeal
  • by force; outrageous; cruel; unreasonable ➜ 無理
  • making light of; making fun of
たとう紙【たとうがみtatougami・たとうしtatoushi】畳紙【たとうがみtatougami・たとうしtatoushi・たたんがみtatangami・たたみがみtatamigami】

noun:

  • folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
  • paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony) ➜ 懐紙【かいし】
年末賞与【ねんまつしょうよnenmatsushouyo】

noun:

  • year-end bonus; bonus salary given at the end of the year
叢雲剣【むらくものつるぎmurakumonotsurugi】

noun:

  • Murakumo no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia) - obscure term ➜ 天叢雲剣
JLPTN5
肉★【にくniku・ししshishi】宍【ししshishi】

noun:

  • flesh
  • meat
  • the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) ［にく］
  • thickness ［にく］
  • ink pad ［にく］ ➜ 印肉

そのsono動物doubutsuはha肉nikuをwo常食joushokuとしているtoshiteiru。 That animal is a carnivore.

そのsono魚sakanaとto肉nikuをwo冷凍reitouしてshiteくださいkudasai。 Please freeze the fish and meat.

肉nikuによってniyotte生まれたumaretaものmonoはha肉nikuですdesu。御霊mitamaによってniyotte生まれたumaretaものmonoはha霊reiですdesu。 Flesh gives birth to flesh, Spirit gives birth to Spirit.

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その他☆【そのほかsonohoka・そのたsonota】その外☆・其の他

adverbial noun / conjunction:

  • etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth - そのた is the more common reading when written

私watashiはhaその他sonotaのno計画keikakuをwo思い付かないomoitsukanai。 I can't think of any other plan.

晴れ舞台【はれぶたいharebutai】晴舞台

noun:

  • big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage ➜ 晴れの舞台
点字ブロック【てんじブロックtenjiBUROKKU】

noun:

  • bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind
捨身【しゃしんshashin】

noun:

  • renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; risking one's life for others - Buddhism term
地ならし【じならしjinarashi】地均し Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • ground levelling (leveling)
  • laying the groundwork; making preparations; smoothing the way

noun:

  • roller; road leveller
人中【じんちゅうjinchuu・にんちゅうninchuu】

noun:

  • in company; among people ［じんちゅう］ ➜ 人中【ひとなか】
  • philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip - Anatomy term
足偏【あしへんashihen・あとへんatohen】

noun:

  • kanji "leg" or "foot" radical at left
  • being (too) late; the past; the previous ［あとへん］
破竹の勢い【はちくのいきおいhachikunoikioi】

expression:

  • (with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force - idiom
イタチザメ属【イタチザメぞくITACHIZAMEzoku】

noun:

  • Galeocerdo (genus in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the tiger shark)
ナンヨウハギ属【ナンヨウハギぞくNAN'YOUHAGIzoku】

noun:

  • Paracanthurus (genus in the family Acanthuridae whose sole member is the palette surgeonfish)
泰山圧卵【たいざんあつらんtaizan'atsuran】

expression / noun:

  • the strong overwhelming the weak; completing various things without difficulty; Mt. Tai crushes an egg [literal] - four character idiom
安東都護府【あんとうとごふantoutogofu】

noun:

  • Protectorate General to Pacify the East; Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE ➜ 都護府
安西都護府【あんせいとごふanseitogofu】

noun:

  • Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE ➜ 都護府
有縁【うえんuen】

~の noun / noun:

JLPTN5
明るい★【あかるいakarui】明いirr. Inflection

adjective:

  • light; well-lit; well-lighted
  • bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored
  • cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition)
  • encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects
  • familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in) - as 〜に明るい
  • fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial

彼等kareraはha自宅jitakuをwo明るいakarui黄色kiiroにni塗ったnutta。 They painted their house bright yellow.

明るいakarui色iroがga私たちwatashitachiのno目を引いたmewohiita。 The bright colors arrested our eyes.

あのano子供kodomoはha明るいakarui微笑bishouでdeみんなminnaをwoひきつけるhikitsukeru。 The child captivates everyone with his sunny smile.

君kimiはhaなかなかnakanaka地理chiriにni明るいakaruiなna。 You're pretty good with the lay of the land.

一寸の虫にも五分の魂【いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましいissunnomushinimogobunotamashii】

expression:

  • tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them - proverb
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