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

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すみれsumire《菫》スミレSUMIRE

noun:

  • violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

これkoreはhaスミレSUMIREのno一種ですdesu。 This is a variety of violet.

韻尾【いんびinbi】

noun:

  • yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)
音博士【おんはかせonhakase・こえのはかせkoenohakaseirr.・おんぱかせonpakaseirr.】

noun:

  • professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts
足が地に着かない【あしがちにつかないashigachinitsukanai】足が地に付かない・足が地につかない

expression:

  • losing oneself; on top of the world; walking on air; frivolous - idiom
甲乙付け難い【こうおつつけがたいkouotsutsukegatai】甲乙付けがたい・甲乙つけがたい

expression:

  • it is difficult to say which of the two is better
後家を立てる【ごけをたてるgokewotateru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry
にべnibe《鮸》ニベNIBE

noun:

  • drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae)
  • Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)
フーロックてながざるFUUROKKUtenagazaru《フーロック手長猿》フーロックテナガザルFUUROKKUTENAGAZARU

noun:

  • hoolock gibbon (either of the two gibbons in genus Hoolock)
氐【ていtei】

noun:

三宝荒神【さんぼうこうじんsanboukoujin】

noun:

  • guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
  • three-person saddle
別格官幣社【べっかくかんぺいしゃbekkakukanpeisha】

noun:

  • Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department) - obsolete term ➜ 官幣社
後は野となれ山となれ【あとはのとなれやまとなれatohanotonareyamatonare】

expression:

  • I don't care what follows; the future will take care of itself - proverb
病んで後初めて健康の価値を知る【やんでのちはじめてけんこうのかちをしるyandenochihajimetekenkounokachiwoshiru】

expression:

  • you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it - proverb - obscure term
いざりうおizariuo《躄魚》イザリウオIZARIUO

noun:

  • frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus) - sensitive ➜ 蛙鮟鱇
てっぽううおteppouuo《鉄砲魚》テッポウウオTEPPOUUO

noun:

  • archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)
かえるあんこうkaeruankou《蛙鮟鱇》カエルアンコウKAERUANKOU

noun:

  • frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)
がまあんこうgamaankou《蝦蟇鮟鱇》ガマアンコウGAMAANKOU

noun:

  • toadfish (any fish of family Batrachoididae, esp. the Pacuma toadfish, Batrachoides surinamensis)
たすき掛け【たすきがけtasukigake】襷がけ・襷掛け・襷掛 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki ➜ 繦
爪半月【つめはんげつtsumehangetsu】

noun:

  • lunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail); nail moon
ごまちょうちょううおgomachouchouuo《胡麻蝶蝶魚・胡麻蝶々魚》ゴマチョウチョウウオGOMACHOUCHOUUO

noun:

  • speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus, species of the Indo-Pacific); citron butterflyfish
トガリドチザメ属【トガリドチザメぞくTOGARIDOCHIZAMEzoku】

noun:

  • Gollum (genus of one species, Gollum attenuatus, in the family Proscylliidae)
弥栄【いやさかiyasaka・やさかyasaka】彌榮old

noun:

  • prosperity; prospering; flourishing

interjection:

つばめこのしろtsubamekonoshiro《燕鰶》ツバメコノシロTSUBAMEKONOSHIRO

noun:

  • threadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)
目結【めゆいmeyui】

noun:

  • tie-dyeing - archaism - obscure term
  • heraldic design of a square with a hole in the center - obscure term
阿形【あぎょうagyou】

noun:

  • open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")
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