Japanese Word Entry
郭言葉| Kana: | くるわことば |
| Romaji: | kuruwakotoba |
| Definition: | sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period), vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 郭 | enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light district, outer part (of a city), surname |
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄨㄛ (guō), ㄍㄨㄛˊ (guó) |
| Cantonese: | gwok3 |
| Japanese: | カク (kaku) / くるわ (kuruwa) |
| Korean: | 곽 (gwag) |
| Vietnamese: | quách |
| 言 | say, word, words, speech, speak, Kangxi radical 149 |
| Mandarin: | ㄧㄢˊ (yán), ㄧㄢˋ (yàn), ㄧㄣˊ (yín) |
| Cantonese: | jin4 |
| Japanese: | ゲン (gen)、 ゴン (gon)、 ギン (gin) / い.う (iu)、 こと (koto)、 ことば (kotoba) |
| Korean: | 언 (eon) |
| Vietnamese: | ngôn, ngân |
| Semantic variant form: | 訁 |
| 葉 | leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece, petal, page of book, period |
| Mandarin: | ㄒㄧㄝˊ (xié), ㄧㄝˋ (yè), ㄕㄜˋ (shè) |
| Cantonese: | jip6 |
| Japanese: | ヨウ (you)、 ショウ (shou) / は (ha) |
| Korean: | 엽 (yeob), 섭 (seob) |
| Vietnamese: | diệp |
| Simplified Chinese form: | 叶 |
| 廓 | enclosure, quarter, red-light district, broad, wide, open, empty, to expand |
| Mandarin: | ㄎㄨㄛˋ (kuò) |
| Cantonese: | gwok3 |
| Japanese: | カク (kaku) / くるわ (kuruwa)、 とりで (toride) |
| Korean: | 확 (hwag), 곽 (gwag) |
| Vietnamese: | khuếch, quách |
| Semantic variant form: | 霩 |
| 詞 | part of speech, words, poetry, phrase, expression |
| Mandarin: | ㄘˊ (cí) |
| Cantonese: | ci4 |
| Japanese: | シ (shi)、 ジ (ji) / ことば (kotoba) |
| Korean: | 사 (sa) |
| Vietnamese: | từ |
| Simplified Chinese form: | 词 |
| Semantic variant form: | 辭 |