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

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波の花【なみのはなnaminohana】

noun:

  • salt
  • crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter
縄目【なわめnawame】繩目old

noun:

  • knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; fetters
  • arrest
  • rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)
思う壺にはまる【おもうつぼにはまるomoutsubonihamaru】思う壷にはまる・思うつぼにはまる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to turn out just as one wished; to play into the hands (of)
庇い手【かばいてkabaite】

noun:

  • rule allowing the clear winner of a bout to touch down first to avoid injury - Sumo term
一殺多生【いっさつたしょうissatsutashou・いっせつたしょうissetsutashou】

expression:

  • It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom
失地回復【しっちかいふくshitchikaifuku】

noun:

  • the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending - four character idiom
ツバキ科【ツバキかTSUBAKIka】

noun:

  • Theaceae; family of flowering plants comprising the camellias and other shrubs and trees
宮【みやmiya】

noun:

  • shrine
  • palace; imperial residence
  • member of the imperial family - honorific language
  • headboard (on a bed); headstand
  • temple - archaism

そしてsoshite、宮miyaのno中nakaにni、牛ushiやya羊hitsujiやya鳩hatoをwo売るuruものmono達tachiとto両替ryougae人達jintachiがga座っているsuwatteiruのnoをwoご覧になったgoranninatta。 In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables.

ぼくbokuはha涼ryou宮miyaハルヒHARUHIのno憂鬱yuuutsuをwo読みyomiたくtakuないnai。 I don't want to read the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

暦応【りゃくおうryakuou・れきおうrekiou】

noun:

  • Ryakuō era (of the Northern Court) (1338.8.28-1342.4.27); Rekiō era
貞和【じょうわjouwa・ていわteiwa】

noun:

  • Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27); Teiwa era
文和【ぶんなbunna・ぶんわbunwa】

noun:

  • Bunna era (of the Northern Court) (1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era
貞治【じょうじjouji・ていじteiji】

noun:

  • Jōji era (of the Northern Court) (1362.9.23-1368.2.18); Teiji era
嘉慶【かけいkakei・かきょうkakyou】

noun:

  • Kakei era (of the Northern Court) (1387.8.23-1389.2.9); Kakyō era
有志連合【ゆうしれんごうyuushirengou】

noun:

  • Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)

「有志連合yuushirengou」とtoはha、イラク戦争IRAKUsensouでdeイラクIRAKUをwo相手aiteにni協力kyouryokuしてshite戦ったtatakatta国々kuniguniのnoことkotoをwo指すsasu言葉kotobaであるdearu。 The "Coalition of the Willing" is a phrase that refers to the countries that fought together against Iraq in the Iraq War.

有志同盟【ゆうしどうめいyuushidoumei】

noun:

  • Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003) ➜ 有志連合
ひわhiwa《鶸・金翅雀》ヒワHIWA

noun:

  • cardueline finch (any finch of subfamily Carduelinae, esp. the Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus)
あさひるasahiru《朝日る》アサヒるASAHIru Inflection

godan ~る verb:

  • to fabricate (stories) (based on alleged behaviour of the Asahi newspaper); to make up - slang - humorous term
天皇人間宣言【てんのうにんげんせんげんtennouningensengen】

noun:

  • Imperial Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)
守破離【しゅはりshuhari】

noun:

  • Shuhari; three stages of learning mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, parting with traditional wisdom - Martial Arts term
後座【ござgoza】

noun:

  • headliner
  • latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) ➜ 初座
かなへびkanahebi《金蛇・蛇舅母》カナヘビKANAHEBI

noun:

  • lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)
アキレスの論証【アキレスのろんしょうAKIRESUnoronshou】

noun:

  • Achilles argument (i.e. Achilles and the tortoise; one of Zeno's paradoxes) ➜ ゼノンの逆説
ベリベリBERIBERI Inflection

noun:

noun / ~する noun / ~と adverb:

  • tearing off something stuck on the surface of something else (e.g. duct tape) - onomatopoeia
月讀【つくよみtsukuyomi】月読・月夜見・月夜霊・月読み・月弓

noun:

  • moon
  • Tsukuyomi (god of the moon in Shinto and mythology)
編入学【へんにゅうがくhennyuugaku】

noun:

  • skipping grades; the act of entering a new school as a non-first-year student
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