This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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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