Word Meaning 惣嫁

そうか souka

惣嫁 is read as そうか (souka) and means (Edo period) streetwalker.

Meaning

English

(Edo period) streetwalker

Reading

Kana

そうか

Romaji

souka

Writing Variants

総嫁そうか souka

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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惣領制

そうりょうせい

sōryō system

惣無事令

そうぶじれい

1585 edict by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which banned war between feudal lords in Japan

嫁

よめ

(one's) daughter-in-law

花嫁

はなよめ

bride

転嫁

てんか

second marriage

責任転嫁

せきにんてんか

shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone)

写真花嫁

しゃしんはなよめ

picture bride

新嫁

しんよめ

newly-wed bride

元嫁

もとよめ

(one's) ex-wife

再嫁

さいか

remarriage (of a woman)

嫁ぐ

とつぐ

to have sexual intercourse

嫁入り

よめいり

marriage