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

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麻の中の蓬【あさのなかのよもぎasanonakanoyomogi】

expression:

  • if even the most crooked person is surrounded by good people, he will straighten up as does mugwort growing in a hemp field
前厄【まえやくmaeyaku】

noun:

  • the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year ➜ 厄年
曝す【さぼすsabosu】乾す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to expose to the wind; to dry (something) in the wind
右四つ☆【みぎよつmigiyotsu】

noun:

  • hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left - Sumo term
振替☆【ふりかえfurikae】振り替え・振替え・振り替

noun:

  • transfer; switching over; change
  • money transfer (usu. between accounts held by the same person)
  • postal transfer - abbreviation ➜ 郵便振替

ですからdesukara私たちwatashitachiはha、社員shainがga現金genkinではなくdehanaku、エレクトロニクスEREKUTORONIKUSUによるniyoru振替furikaeでdeお金okaneをwo受け取るuketoruようyou、説得settokuにni努めているtsutometeiruのですnodesu。 Therefore, we try to persuade people not to have cash, to have money electronically transferred.

御高祖頭巾【おこそずきんokosozukin】お高祖頭巾

noun:

  • kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)
灯台下暗し【とうだいもとくらしtoudaimotokurashi】灯台もと暗し

expression:

  • it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London - proverb
灼熱☆【しゃくねつshakunetsu】しゃく熱

noun / ~の noun:

  • becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; incandescence
  • running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
典座【てんざtenza・てんぞtenzo】

noun:

  • one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事
古墳時代【こふんじだいkofunjidai】

noun:

  • Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period ➜ 古墳
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字☆【じji】

noun:

  • character (i.e. kanji)
  • hand-writing; penmanship
  • the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love") - as 〜の字 ➜ ほの字

君kimiはha字jiがgaうまいumaiねne。 You write very neatly, don't you?

山背【やませyamase】

noun:

  • cold wind descending from the mountains
  • cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)
長めに【ながめにnagameni】長目に

adverb:

  • at the long end (e.g. hold); on the long side (e.g. cut) ➜ 長め
基礎付ける【きそづけるkisozukeru】基礎づける Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to lay the foundation for (e.g. a theory); to lay the basis for
宮家☆【みやけmiyake】

noun:

効能書き【こうのうがきkounougaki】

noun:

  • statement of the efficacy of a medicine
帝王神権説【ていおうしんけんせつteioushinkensetsu】

noun:

  • theory of the divine right of kings
奉仕者【ほうししゃhoushisha】

noun:

  • servant (of the people)
  • minister (of religion)
六根清浄【ろっこんしょうじょうrokkonshoujou】

noun:

  • purification of the six roots of perception - four character idiom - Buddhism term
三親等【さんしんとうsanshintou】

noun:

  • kinsman of the third degree (of consanguinity)
終戦記念日【しゅうせんきねんびshuusenkinenbi】

noun:

  • anniversary of the end of a war
訟務部【しょうむぶshoumubu】

noun:

  • Litigation Department (of the Ministry of Justice)
鄭声【ていせいteisei】

noun:

  • (decadent) music of the state of Zheng
天の一角【てんのいっかくtennoikkaku】

noun:

  • point of heaven; corner of the sky
主任教授【しゅにんきょうじゅshuninkyouju】

noun:

  • chairperson (head) (of the department of psychology)
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