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

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七難八苦【しちなんはっくshichinanhakku】

noun:

  • the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains - four character idiom - Buddhism term
  • a series of disasters
玲瓏【れいろうreirou】 Inflection

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
左大臣【さだいじんsadaijin】

noun:

  • Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
外出中【がいしゅつちゅうgaishutsuchuu】

noun:

  • while being out of the office or away from home

私のwatashino外出中gaishutsuchuuにni、だれかdareka電話をかけてdenwawokaketeきましたkimashitaかka。 Did anyone call me when I was out?

時代遅れ【じだいおくれjidaiokure】時代おくれ・時代後れ Inflection

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

  • old-fashioned; behind the times; out of date

あなたanataのno考えkangaeはhaまったくmattaku時代遅れjidaiokureであるdearu。 Your ideas are all out of date.

後を弔う【あとをとむらうatowotomurau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to perform religious rites for the repose of a soul
言いかけてやめる【いいかけてやめるiikaketeyameru】言い掛けて止める・言掛けて止める Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to stop in the middle of a sentence
空曹【くうそうkuusou】

noun:

  • noncommissioned officer of the Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (Defence)
アムラーAMURAA

noun:

  • young girls who imitate the style of singer Amuro Namie - abbreviation
相続権【そうぞくけんsouzokuken】

noun:

  • heirship; (claim) the (right of) succession; one's inheritance rights

彼女kanojoはha死んだshinda夫ottoのno財産zaisanのno相続権souzokukenをwoもっているmotteiru。 She has a claim on her deceased husband's estate.

国連難民高等弁務官事務所【こくれんなんみんこうとうべんむかんじむしょkokurennanminkoutoubenmukanjimusho】

noun:

  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
いつかそのうちitsukasonouchi

expression:

  • one of these days; before very long; in the near future
これより三役【これよりさんやくkoreyorisan'yaku】

noun:

  • final three bouts on the last day of a tournament - Sumo term
押し相撲【おしずもうoshizumou】

noun:

  • pushing sumo; classic way of wrestling without using the belt - Sumo term
股割り【またわりmatawari】

noun:

  • extreme leg-stretching exercise to increase flexibility of the crotch - Sumo term
往事渺茫【おうじびょうぼうoujibyoubou】 Inflection

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant - archaism - four character idiom ➜ 往事茫々
狂瀾怒涛【きょうらんどとうkyourandotou】狂瀾怒濤

noun:

  • maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil - four character idiom
一朝有事【いっちょうゆうじitchouyuuji】

expression:

  • (when) the time of need arises; should an emergency occur - four character idiom
御祖師様【おそしさまososhisama】

noun:

  • the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren) - honorific language
家族主義【かぞくしゅぎkazokushugi】

noun / ~の noun:

  • familism; the treatment of society (an organization) as a family
義理一遍【ぎりいっぺんgiriippen】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • perfunctory; going-through-the-motions-sort of (invitation, gift, etc.) - four character idiom
国際感覚【こくさいかんかくkokusaikankaku】

noun:

  • cosmopolitan (international) way of thinking; feeling for the wider world - four character idiom
混雑具合【こんざつぐあいkonzatsuguai】

noun:

  • the state (degree) of congestion; how bad traffic jams are - four character idiom
状況把握【じょうきょうはあくjoukyouhaaku】

noun:

  • one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand - four character idiom
是非善悪【ぜひぜんあくzehizen'aku】

noun:

  • rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety - four character idiom
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