Word Meaning 吉原言葉

よしわらことば yoshiwarakotoba

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

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

よしわらことば

Romaji

yoshiwarakotoba

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 38366 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

沖言葉

おきことば

euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)

里言葉

さとことば

countryside dialect

江戸言葉

えどことば

Edo dialect

棄言葉

すてことば

sharp parting remark

隠し言葉

かくしことば

secret language

言葉

ことば

language

話し言葉

はなしことば

spoken language

書き言葉

かきことば

written word