里言葉

里ことば、 里詞

Reading

Kana: さとことば

Romaji: satokotoba

Definitions

noun

1

countryside dialect

(Linguistics terminology)

2

sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

里

Readings: リ、 さと

Meanings: ri, village, parent's home, league

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

詞

Reading: シ

Meanings: part of speech, words, poetry