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女房言葉

女房言葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
にょう
Grade: 1
ぼう
Grade: S
こと
Grade: 2
は > ば
Grade: 3

Noun

女房言葉 (hiragana にょうぼうことば, romaji nyōbō kotoba, historical hiragana にようばうことば)

  1. Alternative spelling of 女房詞: a cant or secret language of ladies-in-waiting in the imperial court, arising during the Muromachi period; a word originally belonging to this cant