女房詞
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 女 | 房 | 詞 |
| にょう Grade: 1 |
ぼう Grade: S |
ことば Grade: 6 |
| kan'yōon | goon | kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 女房言葉 |
Etymology
Compound of 女房 (nyōbō, “lady in waiting”) + 言葉 (kotoba, “word; language”)[1][2]
Both spellings, 女房詞 and 女房言葉, are in use. The 女房詞 spelling appears to be more common, and is listed as the main form in dictionaries.[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation
Noun
女房詞 • (nyōbō kotoba) ←にようばうことば (nyoubaukotoba)?
- 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN