Word Meaning 吉原言葉

よしはらことば yoshiharakotoba

吉原言葉 is read as よしはらことば (yoshiharakotoba) and means language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

よしはらことば

Romaji

yoshiharakotoba

Writing Variants

  • 吉原言葉 よしわらことば yoshiwarakotoba

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 38211 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

吉原細見

よしわらさいけん

guide to the Yoshiwara red light district

川原松葉

かわらまつば

our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum)

下郎言葉

げろうことば

low-class language

田舎言葉

いなかことば

provincial dialect

江戸言葉

えどことば

Edo dialect

棄言葉

すてことば

sharp parting remark

躍り言葉

おどりことば

word consisting of (two) repeated syllables

言葉

けとば

language

話し言葉

はなしことば

spoken language

書き言葉

かきことば

written word

合言葉

あいことば

motto

花言葉

はなことば

language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love)