Results, langage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
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- 酒気帯び運転【しゅきおびうんてん】
noun:
- drunk driving; driving under the influence (of alcohol); DUI; legal category based on blood alcohol content - Law term
- 雪下ろし【ゆきおろし】雪降ろし・雪おろし Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- wind blowing snow down a mountain
- removing snow from the roof of a house
- 小国寡民【しょうこくかみん】
noun:
- small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state) - four character idiom
- 滅相もない【めっそうもない】滅相も無い
expression:
- Don't be absurd; That's out of the question; Nonsense; Don't mention it
- とうぞくかもめ《盗賊鴎》トウゾクカモメ
noun:
- skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers)
- pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus); pomarine skua
- 密着取材【みっちゃくしゅざい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- total coverage; giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary ➜ 密着
- なんてこった《何てこった》
interjection:
- what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!; damn!
- 心が引かれる【こころがひかれる】心がひかれる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be drawn to; to feel the call of ...; to have one's heart-strings pulled
- 酉の待【とりのまち】酉の町
noun:
- Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November) - archaism ➜ 酉の市
- 味が出る【あじがでる】味がでる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- (for the taste of something) to become apparent
- (for someone's character) to come out
- プロ中のプロ【プロちゅうのプロ】
expression / noun:
- pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player
- 不道【ふどう・ぶどう・ぶとう】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked - archaism ➜ 無道
noun:
- (the crime of) barbarity (such as killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse) ➜ 八虐
- ナミダクロハギ・ジャパンサージャンフィッシュ・ジャパンサージョンフィッシュ
noun:
- Japan surgeonfish (Acanthurus japonicus, Indo-West Pacific species of tang found from Indonesia to the Philippines and Ryukyu Islands)
- 光明☆【こうみょう・こうめい】
noun:
- bright light
- hope; bright future
- light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion - Buddhism term
- 満開日【まんかいび】
noun:
- first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)
- あの子【あのこ】彼の子
pronoun:
- that girl; that kid
- you (mainly used by a brothel owner or senior prostitutes when addressing servant girls) - archaism ➜ 禿
- 密着☆【みっちゃく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- glued to; closely related to
- giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary
その問題は我々の日常生活に密着している。 The problem closely relates to our everyday life.
- 三本締め【さんぼんじめ】
noun:
- hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done three times) ➜ 一本締め【いっぽんじめ】
- 競り落とす【せりおとす】競り落す Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to knock down the price of
- to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction
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