Words — 53 found
みせじょろう
見世女郎
1. low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)
ハラハラ
1. to feel anxious; to feel nervous; to be kept in suspense; to feel excited; to feel thrilledOnomatopoeic or mimetic word
2. fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears)Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
3. hanging untidily (of hair); stragglingOnomatopoeic or mimetic word
はらはら
じょうやとう
常夜灯
1. light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
常夜燈 【じょうやとう】
常夜燈: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage.
1. shelf on which tea and tea implements are kept
こいごろも
恋衣
1. garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothingPoetical term
ちゃんぽん
1. mixing things of different type (alternately or at the same time); mixture
2. dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)
チャンポン
1. parcel kept refrigerated during delivery; cool delivery
しこうろくみん
四公六民
1. land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%Archaic
ごこうごみん
五公五民
1. land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other halfHistorical term
しちこうさんみん
七公三民
1. land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percentHistorical term
はかりごとみつよ
謀は密なるを良しとす
1. strategies cannot succeed unless they are kept secretProverb