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吉原言葉

Readings

Kana: よしわらことば、よしはらことば
Romaji: yoshiwarakotoba, yoshiharakotoba
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

See also: ありんすことば

Kanji

吉
Readings: キチ、 キツ、 よし
Meanings: good luck, joy, congratulations
原
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
言
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
葉
Readings: ヨウ、 は
Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece