Word Meaning 里言葉

さとことば satokotoba

里言葉 is read as さとことば (satokotoba) and means countryside dialect.

Meaning

English

countryside dialect
sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period

Reading

Kana

さとことば

Romaji

satokotoba

Writing Variants

里ことば さとことば satokotoba
里詞さとことば satokotoba

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 43893 Priority G

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.)

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

花言葉

はなことば

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