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

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初便り【はつだよりhatsudayori】

noun:

  • first letter (of the year, season, etc.); first correspondence
一線級【いっせんきゅうissenkyuu】

~の noun:

  • top notch; first rate; top-of-the-line; leading
海洋秩序【かいようちつじょkaiyouchitsujo】

noun:

  • international order of the seas; public order at sea - Law term
地磁気逆転【ちじきぎゃくてんchijikigyakuten】

noun:

  • geomagnetic reversal; reversal of the earth's magnetic field
軒端【のきばnokiba】

noun:

  • eaves; edge of the eaves
空手道【からてどうkaratedou】

noun:

  • the way of karate; karate
膈【かくkaku】

noun:

  • diaphragm; vicinity of the diaphragm - obscure term
軽労働【けいろうどうkeiroudou】

noun:

  • light labor; light labour
淡彩【たんさいtansai】

noun:

  • light colouring; light coloring
淡色【たんしょくtanshoku】

noun / ~の noun:

  • light color; light colour
薄い色【うすいいろusuiiro】

expression / noun:

  • light color; light colour
薄光【はっこうhakkou】

noun:

  • faint light; pale light
室内灯【しつないとうshitsunaitou】

noun:

  • room light; interior light
自然光【しぜんこうshizenkou】

noun:

  • natural light ➜ 人工光
  • unpolarized light - Physics term
月と鼈【つきとすっぽんtsukitosuppon】月とすっぽん

expression:

  • like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different); like day and night; like the difference between heaven and hell
楝【おうちouchi】樗

noun:

  • chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach) - archaism ➜ 栴檀【せんだん】
  • light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May
玉石混淆【ぎょくせきこんこうgyokusekikonkou】玉石混交

expression:

  • mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares - four character idiom
あの世千日この世一日【あのよせんにちこのよいちにちanoyosennichikonoyoichinichi】彼の世千日此の世一日

expression:

  • a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb
波瀾万丈【はらんばんじょうharanbanjou】波乱万丈 Inflection

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

  • stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes - four character idiom

彼のkareno一生isshouはha波瀾万丈haranbanjouであったdeatta。 His life was full of ups and downs.

芳紀【ほうきhouki】

noun:

  • age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen
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先だって☆・先達て【せんだってsendatte・さきだってsakidatte】先立って【さきだってsakidatte】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • the other day; some time ago; recently

expression:

先だってsendatte彼kareにniあったattaときtokiにはniha、彼kareはhaとてもtotemo元気genkiだったdatta。 The last time I saw him, he was very healthy.

墨付き☆【すみつきsumitsuki】

noun:

  • handwriting; autograph; authorization; authorisation ➜ お墨付き
  • certificate; certified document; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
下積み☆【したづみshitazumi】

noun / ~の noun:

  • goods piled beneath; lower layer
  • lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank; obscurity

彼kareのnoいっしょうisshouはha社会shakaiのno下積みshitazumiでde終わったowatta。 He lived and died in obscurity.

火の車☆【ひのくるまhinokuruma】

expression / noun:

  • fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell) - Buddhism term ➜ 火車
  • desperate financial situation; dire straits - idiom
祝詞☆【のりとnorito・しゅくしshukushi・のっとnotto・のとnoto】

noun:

  • ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite - Shintō term
  • congratulatory address ［しゅくし］ ➜ 祝辞【しゅくじ】

「なんてnante言ってるitteruのno？」「祝詞noritoもmo知らないshiranaiのnoかka？」「祝詞norito？」「神道shintouのno呪文jumonのnoようなyounaもんmon。」 "What is she saying?" "You don't even know 'norito'?" "Norito?" "It's something like a Shinto spell."

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