Word Meaning 郭言葉

くるわことば kuruwakotoba

郭言葉 is read as くるわことば (kuruwakotoba) and means sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period).

Meaning

English

sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period)
vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period)

Reading

Kana

くるわことば

Romaji

kuruwakotoba

Writing Variants

廓言葉 くるわことば kuruwakotoba
廓詞くるわことば kuruwakotoba
郭詞くるわことば kuruwakotoba

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 92612 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

下郎言葉

げろうことば

low-class language

吉原言葉

よしわらことば

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

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

合言葉

あいことば

motto