Results, langage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
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- 守る★【まもる】護る・戍るirr. Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to protect; to guard; to defend
- to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
私はムスリムではないので断食を守る義務はないのだが、同じアパートで暮らす以上、そうした慣習に配慮することは大事なことだ。 I'm not a Muslim and so I have no obligation to observe the fast but as long as I'm living in the same apartment having consideration for such a custom is important.
- 裏を返す【うらをかえす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
- to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
- to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
- 波に乗る【なみにのる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to go with the flow; to go with the times - idiom
- 負け犬の遠吠え【まけいぬのとおぼえ】
expression / noun:
- backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog [literal] - idiom
- 額ずく【ぬかずく】額づく【ぬかづく】額突く・叩頭く・額衝く【ぬかずく・ぬかづく・ぬかつくobs.】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow
- 指導★【しどう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching
noun:
- shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo) - Martial Arts term
彼女はその党の指導的任務につくことを承認した。 She has consented to take the leadership of the party.
- 板前☆【いたまえ】
noun:
- chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - Kantō dialect ➜ 板場【いたば】
- area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board - orig. meaning
- 一子相伝【いっしそうでん】
noun:
- transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child - four character idiom
一子相伝の技と言うわりには、彼の蹴りは大した事はないね。 For a guy who was chosen by his father as the only son to be taught the secrets of this martial art, he doesn't have much of a kick.
- 口減らし【くちべらし】口べらし Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty); reducing the number of mouths [literal]
- 皇紀【こうき】
noun:
- Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC ➜ 神武
- 蔵人【くろうど・くらんど・くらびと】藏人
noun:
- keeper of imperial archives
- worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
- レビ人【レビじん・レビびと】
noun:
- Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)
ヨハネの証言はこうである。ユダヤ人達が祭司とレビ人をエルサレムからヨハネのもとに遣わして、あなたは誰ですかと尋ねさせた。 Now, this is John's testimony: Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
- 杉玉【すぎだま・すぎたま】
noun:
- sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries
- スジメヒメオオトカゲ
noun:
- stripe-tailed goanna (Varanus caudolineatus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the forests of Western Australian)
- ツバメウオ属【ツバメウオぞく】
noun:
- Platax (genus of 5 extant species of Indo-Pacific batfish in the spadefish family Ephippidae)
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