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

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居合い抜き【いあいぬきiainuki】居合抜き・居合抜irr.

noun:

  • iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards ➜ 居合い
  • iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
巡見使【じゅんけんしjunkenshi】

noun:

  • traveling inspectors sent by the Shogun in the Edo period
浪花節☆【なにわぶしnaniwabushi】

noun:

  • naniwabushi; var. of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
娑婆【しゃばshaba】

noun:

  • this world; this life
  • the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.) - colloquialism
  • this corrupt world; present world - Buddhism term

我wagaこそkosoはha汝nanjiがga父chichiのno亡靈なれnare。只tada眞makoto夜中yachuuのno若waka千時jiのみnomi、閻浮にniさまsamaよyoふfu許motoあれareどもdomo、娑婆shabaにてnite犯しokashiゝ罪業zaigouのno燒きki淨kiyoshiめmeらraるruゝそれsoreまでmadeはha、焦熱shounetsu地獄jigokuのno餓鬼gakiのno苦しみkurushimi。 I am thy father’s spirit; doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, and, for the day, confin’d to waste in fires till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purg’d away.

泥水稼業【どろみずかぎょうdoromizukagyou】

noun:

  • making a living in the red-light district - four character idiom
夙【しゅくshuku】宿・守公・守宮

noun:

  • outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
作り字【つくりじtsukuriji】作字

noun:

  • native Japanese kanji (esp. used during the Edo period) - archaism ➜ 国字
  • made-up kanji; Chinese character of one's own creation
  • creating a character with a group of people ➜ 人文字
便屋【たよりやtayoriya】

noun:

  • man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period
撥鬢【ばちびんbachibin】

noun:

  • Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back) - archaism
蜀江の錦【しょっこうのにしきshokkounonishiki】

noun:

  • type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan
  • type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period
兵農分離【へいのうぶんりheinoubunri】

noun:

  • separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)
官寺【かんじkanji】

noun:

  • state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period
宗門改役【しゅうもんあらためやくshuumon'aratameyaku】

noun:

  • magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
御手許金【おてもときんotemotokin】お手元金

noun:

  • the privy purse; the money used for private purposes by the members of the Imperial family
近世語【きんせいごkinseigo】

noun:

  • Japanese as spoken during the Edo period - Linguistics term
名字帯刀【みょうじたいとうmyoujitaitou】

noun:

  • the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom
苗字帯刀【みょうじたいとうmyoujitaitou】

noun:

  • the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom
お触書【おふれがきofuregaki】御触書

noun:

武家伝奏【ぶけでんそうbukedensou】

noun:

  • Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods) - four character idiom
お雇い外国人【おやといがいこくじんoyatoigaikokujin】御雇い外国人・御雇外国人

noun:

  • hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era
浮世草子【うきよぞうしukiyozoushi】浮世草紙

noun:

  • (Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period
廓・郭【くるわkuruwa・かくkaku】曲輪【くるわkuruwa】

noun:

  • district; quarter
  • enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork
  • red-light district

prefix / suffix:

  • wide and empty ［廓］
小揚げ【こあげkoage】小揚

noun:

  • unloading a barge
  • small pieces of fried tofu
  • palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district
寺子屋☆【てらこやterakoya】寺小屋

noun:

  • temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

今imaでもdemo寺子屋terakoyaのno芝居shibaiをwoみるmiruとto、何だかnandaka昔mukashiがgaなつかしいnatsukashiiようyouにni思わomowaれreますmasu。 Even now when I see a terakoya play, I feel somewhat nostalgic.

蘭方医【らんぽういranpoui】

noun:

  • doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period) ➜ 漢方医
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