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

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とっかえひっかえtokkaehikkae Inflection

adverb:

  • one after another; one after the other; in rotation

noun / ~する noun:

  • exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
とおりまtoorima

noun:

  • random attacker, e.g. person who randomly attacks people on the street; slasher
  • demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by - original meaning

通り魔toorima事件jikende母子boshi3ninga刺殺さsashikorosareta A mother and her two children were stabbed to death in a slasher incident.

しんせんぐみshinsengumi

noun:

  • Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)
ぎんようgin'you

noun:

  • thin sheet of silver; silver foil; silverleaf
  • censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony 香道【こうどう】
  • Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam 裏白の木【うらじろのき】
はけるhakeru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

ichidan verb:

  • to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage - usually written using kana alone

mizuhaすぐにsuguniはけるhakeruだろうdarou The water will soon drain away.

かちkachi

noun:

  • foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
  • going on foot; walking 徒・徒歩・歩・歩行 - archaism 徒歩
なかまnakama

noun:

  • company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner
  • member of the same category

そのsonokinha仲間nakamato山分けyamawakeしたshita I halved the money with my pal.

しょうshou

noun / suffix noun:

  • quotient - Mathematics term
  • dealing; dealer; store
  • second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) 五音
  • Shang (dynasty of China)
ヤリサーYARISAA

noun:

  • (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them
なみだばしnamidabashi

noun:

  • dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
しょうせつshousetsuしょうぜつshouzetsu Inflection

noun:

  • (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F) - archaism 十二律夾鐘

noun / ~する noun:

  • excellence (of scenery, etc.) - usu. しょうぜつ
まひとmahitoまうとmautoもうとmouto

noun:

  • Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism 八色の姓
  • you (referring to someone of lower status) まうと・もうと
じんむてんのうさいjinmutennousai

noun:

  • Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3rd, the supposed day of his death)
トラフザメぞくTORAFUZAMEzoku

noun:

  • Stegostoma (genus of one species of Indo-Pacific carpet shark in the family Stegostomatidae)
カグラザメぞくKAGURAZAMEzoku

noun:

  • Hexanchus; genus of sixgill sharks in the family Hexanchidae comprised of 2 extant species
ちくりんのしちけんchikurinnoshichikenirr.

noun:

  • Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians 清談
おにのかくらんoninokakuran

expression / noun:

  • person of strong constitution unexpectedly falling ill; sickness of a stout man; the devil getting sunstroke [literal]
ウマUMA

noun:

  • points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank) - Mahjong term
はつせりhatsuseriはつセリhatsuSERIはつせりhatsuseri

noun:

  • first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)
ひとでをふやすhitodewofuyasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to add to the staff; to increase the staff
いなかまinakama

noun:

  • standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) 京間
  • Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) 京間
えどまedoma

noun:

  • standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) 田舎間
  • Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) 田舎間
ちゅうげんぎゃくじchuugengyakuji

expression:

  • good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears - four character idiom
はなしがあうhanashigaau Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
しゅふshufu

noun:

  • housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

主婦shufuha節約setsuyakuni努めるtsutomeruべきbekiであるdearu A housewife should be economical.

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