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

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一世一代【いっせいちだいisseichidai・いっせいいちだいisseiichidaiirr.】

noun / ~の noun:

  • once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom
はげ上がる【はげあがるhageagaru】禿げ上がる・禿げあがる・禿上がるirr.・禿げ上る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
進学塾【しんがくじゅくshingakujuku】

noun:

  • cramschool (for boys and girls who wish to go on to the next stage of education)
塔頭【たっちゅうtatchuu】塔中

noun:

  • sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest - Buddhism term
カウンターストップKAUNTAASUTOPPU・カウンター・ストップKAUNTAA/SUTOPPU

noun:

  • hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - From English "counter stop" ➜ カンスト
春花秋月【しゅんかしゅうげつshunkashuugetsu】

noun:

  • spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season - four character idiom
死にそう【しにそうshinisou】 Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • at the point of death; almost dead; about to die
  • at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
ぎんざめginzame《銀鮫》ギンザメGINZAME

noun:

  • silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma, species of deep water cartilaginous ghost shark from the Western Pacific)
銭【ぜにzeni】

noun:

  • round coin with a (square) hole in the center - colloquialism
  • coin made of non-precious materials
  • money

銭sen厘rinをwo大切にtaisetsuniすればsureba大金taikinはhaおのずとonozutoたまるtamaru。 Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

彼のkarenoビジネスプランBIJINESUPURANはha立派rippaだdaけどkedo、勘定kanjouあってatte銭sen足らずtarazu、と,toいうiu気kiもmoするsuruけどkedoねne。 His business plan looks good on paper but I get the feeling it would never work in practice.

銭貨【せんかsenka】泉貨

noun:

  • coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)
たらしいtarashii・ったらしいttarashii Inflection

suffix / adjective:

  • (after a noun or the stem of an adjective) seeming very... (usu. with a negative connotation)
えぼしどりeboshidori《烏帽子鳥》エボシドリEBOSHIDORI

noun:

  • turaco (any bird of family Musophagidae, esp. the Knysna turaco, Tauraco corythaix); touraco; loerie; lourie
妻問婚【つまどいこんtsumadoikon】

noun:

  • type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her; duolocal marriage
スリーブロッチドラビットフィッシュSURIIBUROTCHIDORABITTOFYISSHU・スリーブロッチド・ラビットフィッシュSURIIBUROTCHIDO/RABITTOFYISSHU

noun:

  • threeblotched rabbitfish (Siganus trispilos, species of rabbitfish from the eastern Indian Ocean)
インディアンゴールドリングブリストルトゥースINDEIANGOORUDORINGUBURISUTORUTOUUSU

noun:

  • Indian gold-ring bristle-tooth (Ctenochaetus truncatus, species of bristletooth tang native to the Indian Ocean)
北の対【きたのたいkitanotai】

noun:

  • northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋
タッセルドウォビゴンTASSERUDOUOBIGON・タッセルド・ウォビゴンTASSERUDO/UOBIGON

noun:

  • tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon, sole species of the carpet shark genus Eucrossorhinus)
コンヴィクトサージャンフィッシュKONVYIKUTOSAAJANFYISSHU・コンヴィクト・サージャンフィッシュKONVYIKUTO/SAAJANFYISSHU

noun:

  • convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus, species of the Indo-Pacific); convict tang; manini
犬に論語【いぬにろんごinunirongo】

expression:

  • wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog [literal] - idiom
と思ったら【とおもったらtoomottara】

expression:

かと思うと【かとおもうとkatoomouto】

expression:

  • no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb
  • at the thought of; when I think about
日天子【にってんしnittenshi】

noun:

  • Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
  • sun - archaism
日天【にってんnitten】

noun:

  • Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 日天子
  • sun - archaism
月天子【がってんしgattenshi】

noun:

  • Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
  • moon - archaism
月天【がってんgatten】

noun:

  • Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 月天子
  • moon - archaism
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