Results, langage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
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- 魚目燕石【ぎょもくえんせき】
noun:
- imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value - four character idiom
- 四天王☆【してんのう】
noun:
- the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana) - Buddhism term
- the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
四天王も倒した、クソ長い地下迷宮もクリアした。 I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.
- 直筆【ちょくひつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- 海水浴☆【かいすいよく】
noun:
- swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
ハワイでは１年中海水浴が楽しめる。 In Hawaii, we can enjoy swimming in the ocean all year round.
- 実地☆【じっち】
noun:
- practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice
- actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
実地は理論と同様に大切であるが、われわれは理論を重んじ、実地を軽んずる傾向がある。 Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.
- 代表取締社長【だいひょうとりしまりしゃちょう】
noun:
- company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
- 父母の恩は山よりも高く海よりも深し【ふぼのおんはやまよりもたかくうみよりもふかし】
expression:
- our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea [literal] - proverb
- ぴょん・ぴょーん
adverb / ~と adverb:
- (jumping) nimbly; light-footed - onomatopoeia
expression:
- boing - onomatopoeia
particle:
- used to affect cuteness - at sentence end - onomatopoeia - humorous term
- 揚屋【あげや】揚げ屋
noun:
- high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
- 垢掻き【あかかき】
noun:
- female assistant who scrubbed customers at public baths and also offered sexual services (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 湯女
- 飯盛女【めしもりおんな】飯盛り女
noun:
- maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り
- レトルト☆
noun:
- retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag - Food term
- retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.) - Chemistry term - From Dutch
- 成り立ち☆【なりたち】成立ち
noun:
- the way in which something came about; origin
- structure; organization; the way something is constructed
この学校の成り立ちをお話しましょう。 Let me tell you about the origin of this school.
- 露払い☆【つゆはらい】
noun:
- outrider; herald
- rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term
- 同期生【どうきせい】
noun:
- classmate; graduates in the same class
- wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament - Sumo term
- 本当のところ・本当の所【ほんとうのところ】ホントの所【ホントのところ】
expression / adverb:
- in truth; in actuality; at heart
expression / noun:
- the truth; the real story
- クッションボール・クッション・ボール
noun:
- cushion ball; carom off the outfield wall by a batted ball - Baseball term
- 水毒【すいどく】
noun:
- water poisoning (in traditional Chinese medicine, illnesses caused by excessive water accumulation within the body)
- おなり神【おなりがみ】
noun:
- (belief in) spiritual power possessed by sisters to protect their brothers (in the Ryukyu Islands)
- 紫衣【しえ・しい】
noun:
- purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe
- ぎりぎり☆《限り限り》ギリギリ Inflection
adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:
- just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment - onomatopoeia
- シリウス☆
noun:
- Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - Astronomy term
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