にょうぼうことば

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Japanese

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女房詞
a cant or secret language of ladies-in-waiting in the imperial court, arising during the Muromachi period and later spreading to the general population
a word originally belonging to this cant
Alternative spelling
女房言葉
(This term, にょうぼうことば (nyōbōkotoba), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)