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

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渡比【とひtohi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • going to the Philippines; moving to the Philippines; migration to the Philippines
座敷牢【ざしきろうzashikirou】

noun:

  • (Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
藩医【はんいhan'i】

noun:

  • Edo-period doctor working at a public clinic - archaism
白湯文字【しろゆもじshiroyumoji】

noun:

  • ordinary woman secretly engaged in prostitution (Edo period) - archaism - four character idiom
端唄【はうたhauta】

noun:

  • short love song (popular in late Edo period)
大目付【おおめつけoometsuke】

noun:

  • (government) inspector-general (Edo period); upper superintendent officer
風呂屋者【ふろやものfuroyamono】

noun:

  • female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period) ➜ ゆな
風呂女【ふろおんなfuroonna】

noun:

  • female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period) ➜ 風呂屋者
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床☆【ゆかyuka】牀

noun:

  • floor
  • stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
  • dining platform built across a river

床yukaのno上ueにni何naniがgaありますarimasuかka。 Is there anything on the floor?

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情★【じょうjou】

noun:

  • feelings; emotion; sentiment
  • compassion; sympathy
  • passion; affection; love
  • the way things really are; the actual situation

情jouはha人hitoのnoためtameならずnarazu。 One good turn deserves another.

暴君boukunのno心kokoroはha哀れみawaremiのno情jouでde和らいだyawaraida。 The tyrant's heart melted with compassion.

参入★【さんにゅうsannyuu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access
  • visiting a high-class or noble individual - original meaning

あとato数社のno企業kigyouがga同国doukokuのno利益riekiのno高いtakaiペットフードPETTOFUUDO市場shijouにni参入sannyuuをwoねらっているneratteiru。 Several more companies are moving to enter the lucrative pet food market of the country.

窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さず【きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさずkyuuchoufutokoroniirebaryoushimokorewokorosazu】

expression:

  • even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb
窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず【きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさずkyuuchoufutokoroniirebaryoushimokorosazu】

expression:

  • even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb
トガリメザメ属【トガリメザメぞくTOGARIMEZAMEzoku】

noun:

  • Loxodon (genus containing the sliteye shark as its only member in the family Carcharhinidae)
門中【もんちゅうmonchuu】

noun:

  • family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
お世辞にもうまいとは言えない【おせじにもうまいとはいえないosejinimoumaitohaienai】お世辞にもうまいとはいえない Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good
猿の尻笑い【さるのしりわらいsarunoshiriwarai】

expression / noun:

  • the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones - idiom
困ったちゃん【こまったちゃんkomattachan】

noun:

  • person oblivious to the fact they are irritating or inconveniencing others; pain in the neck; pest - colloquialism
オーナー企業【オーナーきぎょうOONAAkigyou】

noun:

  • owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder
燕然都護府【えんぜんとごふenzentogofu】

noun:

  • Protectorate General to Pacify the North; Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE ➜ 都護府
テックエドTEKKUEDO・テック・エドTEKKU/EDO

noun:

  • Tech Ed - IT term
エアギターEAGITAA・エア・ギターEA/GITAA

noun:

  • air guitar (imaginary instrument used when pretending to play the guitar)
さしすせそsashisuseso

noun:

  • the five fundamental seasonings used in Japanese cooking: (in order) sugar, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, miso
ドン引き【ドンびきDONbiki】どん引き【どんびきdonbiki】ドンビキDONBIKI Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • drawing away from someone because of their speech or actions; having the mood ruined
  • zooming out or backing the camera away to get a wider image (film, TV)
枢【くるるkururu・くろろkuroro・くるkuru・くるりkururi】

noun:

  • pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
  • sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) ➜ 猿
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