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

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国幣社【こくへいしゃkokuheisha】

noun:

  • shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji) - obsolete term
蛇の道は蛇【じゃのみちはへびjanomichihahebi・へびのみちはへびhebinomichihahebiirr.】

expression:

  • the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one - proverb
責了【せきりょうsekiryou】

expression:

  • leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections - abbreviation
四大【しだいshidai】

noun:

  • the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
  • the human body
  • Tao, heaven, earth and king
責任校了【せきにんこうりょうsekininkouryou】

expression / noun:

  • leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections ➜ 責了
模様眺め【もようながめmoyounagame】

noun:

  • wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows
口裏合わせ【くちうらあわせkuchiuraawase】

noun:

  • arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories ➜ 口裏を合わせる
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模様★【もようmoyou】

noun:

  • pattern; figure; design
  • state; condition
  • conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems
  • model; pattern; example
  • indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm) - after a noun
  • framework (in go); territorial framework; moyo

彼女kanojoはhaそのsono皿saraのno模様moyouがga気に入っているkiniitteiru。 She likes the design on the plate.

そこsokoにni赤井akai選手senshuもmo加わりkuwawari、ゴールGOORU前maeはha混戦konsen模様moyouとなったtonatta。 There Akai joins them and it becomes a free-for-all in front of the finish line.

混戦konsen模様moyouとtoなったnattaレースREESUだがdaga、四宮shinomiyaはha集団shuudanをwoラップRAPPUしたshitaことkotoもmoありari、終盤shuuban、確実にkakujitsuniタイミングTAIMINGUよくyokuポイントPOINTOをwo重ねkasane優勝yuushouしたshita。 The race developed into a free-for-all but Shinomiya lapped the group and in the final stage steadily piled on points with good timing to achieve victory.

大地★【だいちdaichi】

noun:

  • ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

大地daichiがga揺れるyureruのnoがga感じられたkanjirareta。 The earth was felt to tremble.

総員☆【そういんsouin】

noun:

  • the entire strength; all hands; all the members

総員souin、脱出dasshutsuせよseyo！ All hands, abandon ship!

びんたbinta・ぴんたpinta Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • slap in the face; slap on the cheek
ランニングホームランRANNINGUHOOMURAN

noun:

  • inside-the-park home run; inside-the-parker - Baseball term - From English "running home run"
順序通り【じゅんじょどおりjunjodoori】

noun:

  • in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence
東岸沿いに【とうがんぞいにtouganzoini】

adverb:

  • along the east coast; along the eastern seashore
年内に【ねんないにnennaini】

adverb:

  • within the year; before the year is out
年百年中【ねんびゃくねんじゅうnenbyakunenjuu】

adverb:

  • throughout the year; all the year round; always - four character idiom
開脚【かいきゃくkaikyaku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

甲と乙【こうとおつkoutootsu】

expression:

  • the former and the latter; A and B
返答次第【へんとうしだいhentoushidai】

noun:

  • depending on the answer; hinging on the reply - four character idiom
押せ押せムード【おせおせムードoseoseMUUDO】

noun:

  • on the attack; on the offensive
当分の間【とうぶんのあいだtoubunnoaida・とうぶんのかんtoubunnokan】

expression:

  • for the present; for the time being
空気を読む【くうきをよむkuukiwoyomu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to read the situation; to sense the mood
見れば見るほど【みればみるほどmirebamiruhodo】

expression:

  • the more one looks (at it) the more...
可愛さ余って憎さ百倍【かわいさあまってにくさひゃくばいkawaisaamattenikusahyakubai】

expression:

  • the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love - proverb
ごりごりgorigori Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • scraping; scratching - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • hard (to the bite, to the touch) - onomatopoeia
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