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ろう
year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat); becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience
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女郎

女臈
じょろう、じょろ、じょうろ
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
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上臈

上﨟
じょうろう
court lady; noblewoman
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中臈

中﨟
ちゅうろう
court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)
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臘乾

臈乾
ラカン
Chinese smoked and salted ham
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臈たける

臈長ける、臈闌ける
v1
vi
ろうたける
to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined; to become well-experienced; to mature
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奥上臈

おくじょうろう
woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion