Results, langage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
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- へそ☆・ほぞ《臍》ヘソ
noun:
- navel; belly button
- protrusion or depression in the middle of an object [へそ・ヘソ]
- center; centre; most important part; main point
僕は、僕の母の胎内にいるとき、お臍の穴から、僕の生れる家の中を、覗いてみて、 「こいつは、いけねえ」 と、思った。 When I was inside my mother's womb, I looked through my mother's navel at the house where I would be born and I thought: "This won't do".
- 仕切り☆【しきり】仕切irr.
noun:
- partition; division; boundary; compartment
- settlement of accounts
- preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark - Sumo term
- directing; controlling; managing; taking responsibility for
ホールは仕切りを設ける前は千人収容できた。 The hall could seat a thousand people before it was partitioned.
- 社【しゃ】
noun / suffix noun:
- company; association; society - abbreviation ➜ 会社
- regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour)
counter / suffix:
- counter for companies, shrines, etc.
消息筋によると、○○社は東証一部への上場を準備している。 According to informed sources, ____ Ltd. is preparing for the move up to the first section of the Tokyo Stock exchange.
- つるがえし《つる返し・蔓返し》
noun:
- digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product
- 華鬘【けまん】
noun:
- Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple) - Buddhism term
- 世界観☆【せかいかん】
noun:
- world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy)
- appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
それぞれの文化には首尾一貫した世界観がある。 Cultures have a coherent view of the world.
- 腕相撲【うでずもう】腕ずもう
noun:
- arm wrestling; Indian wrestling
- wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill - Sumo term
- ビュービュー・びゅうびゅう・ヒューヒュー・ひゅうひゅう・ピュウピュウ・ぴゅうぴゅう
noun / noun or verb acting prenominally / ~と adverb:
- whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing; moaning - onomatopoeia
- ごまをする《胡麻をする・胡麻を擂る》ゴマをする《ゴマを擂る》 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
- 足を引っ張る【あしをひっぱる】足をひっぱる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
- 五明【ごみょう】
noun:
- the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)
- 意を得る【いをえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand
- to turn out as one thought ➜ 我が意を得たり
- ホイリゲ
noun:
- heuriger; type of Austrian wine tavern where wine-growers serve the most recent year's wine
- 不孝☆【ふこう・ふきょう】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety
- (the crime of) cursing one's parents [ふきょう] - archaism ➜ 八虐
- disowning one's child [ふきょう] - archaism
- 特別国会【とくべつこっかい】
noun:
- special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election
特別国会の会期は4週間の予定である。 The extraordinary session of the Diet will last four weeks.
- 特別会【とくべつかい】
noun:
- special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election ➜ 特別国会
- 小【しょう】
noun / prefix noun:
福島県で取った小女子から、基準値を超える量の放射性セシウムが検出されました。 Radioactive cesium in amounts exceeding limits has been measured on young lancefish caught in Fukushima prefecture.
- 帝国議会【ていこくぎかい】
noun:
- Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
- Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire
- 噂をすれば影が射す【うわさをすればかげがさす】噂をすれば影がさす
expression:
- speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear [literal] - proverb
- 手事【てごと】
noun:
- long interlude (in folk songs or koto music)
- wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick
- 余生☆【よせい】余世
noun:
- one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
その将軍は退役後ひっそり余生を送った。 The general lived the rest of his life peacefully after his retirement.
- 失言☆【しつげん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
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