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

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功徳【くどくkudoku】

noun:

  • virtuous deed; act of merit - Buddhism term
  • grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing - Buddhism term
項【こうkou】

noun:

  • clause; paragraph; item
  • argument - Linguistics term
  • term (of an equation) - Mathematics term
  • nape (of the neck) - archaism ➜ 項【うなじ】

１０項kouをwo参照sanshouしてshite下さいkudasai。 Please refer to paragraph ten.

私のwatashino父chichiはha寝るneru前maeにni本honをwo２、３項kou読むyomuことにしているkotonishiteiru。 My father makes it a rule to read a few pages before he goes to bed.

三面六臂【さんめんろっぴsanmenroppi】

noun:

  • rush of business; versatility; man who can do the work of many - four character idiom
出目【でめdeme】

noun / ~の noun:

  • protruding eyes
  • number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
白け世代【しらけせだいshirakesedai】

noun:

  • generation of young people (esp. of the 1970s) apathetic about social issues
身を殺して仁をなす【みをころしてじんをなすmiwokoroshitejinwonasu】身を殺して仁を為す Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to do an act of benevolence at the sacrifice of oneself
百条委員会【ひゃくじょういいんかいhyakujouiinkai】

noun:

  • investigation committee (of prefectural assembly, established under Section 100 of the Act)
ビューゲルBYUUGERU

noun:

  • bow collector (type of power contact on the top of electric trains) - From German "Bugel"
初祖【しょそshoso】

noun:

  • the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect - obscure term
心柱【しんばしらshinbashira】真柱

noun:

  • central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira
  • leader of the Tenri religion ［真柱］
スンナSUNNA

noun:

  • Sunna (collection of recorded words and actions of the prophet Muhammad); Sunnah - From Arabic "sunna"
降誕祭【こうたんさいkoutansai】

noun:

稲魂【うかのみたまukanomitama・うけのみたまukenomitama・うかたまukatama】倉稲魂・宇迦魂・宇迦御魂

noun:

  • the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
知客【しかshika】

noun:

  • head monk in charge of the administrative section of a zendo (Zen) - Buddhism term ➜ 禅堂
人間学的証明【にんげんがくてきしょうめいningengakutekishoumei】

noun:

  • anthropological argument (one of Descartes' ontological arguments for the existence of God)
胴当て【どうあてdouate】胴当

noun:

  • slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen) ➜ 胴掛け
三鳥派【さんちょうはsanchouha】

noun:

  • Sancho Sect (of the Fuji School of Nichiren Buddhism; 1661-1673 CE) ➜ 富士派
裏切り行為【うらぎりこういuragirikoui】

noun:

  • act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
様方【さまかたsamakata】

suffix:

  • care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o
第四胃【だいよんいdaiyon'i】

noun:

  • abomasum (fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant); maw; rennet-bag
ジャトロファJATOROFUA

noun:

  • jatropha (member of a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family)
認可外保育所【にんかがいほいくしょninkagaihoikusho】

noun:

  • unlicensed nursery; daycare services offered outside of the scope of traditional nurseries
本領発揮【ほんりょうはっきhonryouhakki】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom
パスモPASUMO

noun:

  • PASMO (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train and bus ticket in the greater Tokyo region and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ スイカ
床山【とこやまtokoyama】

noun:

  • hairdresser (for sumo wrestlers and actors); wigmaker (for actors)
  • hairdressing room (Edo period Kabuki)
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