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じょうふ

じょうふ

See also: しょうぶ and じょうぶ

Japanese

Noun

じょうふ (romaji jōfu)

  1. 上布: a thin light cloth woven from high-quality linen or hemp, used for summer wear
  2. 丈夫: a grown man; a fine man, a strong man, a manly man; a husband
  3. 定府: in the Edo period, a permanent position in Edo for a regional official, without alternating assignments in the originating region
  4. 城府: a city; the main municipal offices of a castle town; an obstacle, a barrier; wariness of others
  5. 情夫: an extramarital male lover
  6. 情婦: an extramarital female lover, a mistress
  7. 饒富: riches, wealth, bounty