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女房詞
Hiragana
にょうぼうことば
Kanji
女房言葉
Noun
Japanese Meaning
女房詞（にょうぼうことば）は、平安時代から中世にかけて宮中の女房（女官）たちの間で用いられた隠語的・婉曲的な言葉遣い、あるいはそこから生まれた語彙を指す。日常的な物事を上品・婉曲に言い換えた表現が多く、後に一般社会にも広まって現代日本語にも残っている。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしきゅうていにいた女の人たちが ひみつの話に使った とくべつなことば
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
宫廷女官使用的暗语，起于室町时代，后传播至民间 / 原本属于这种暗语的词语
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
宮中女官所使用的隱語、密語 / 源自該隱語的詞彙
Korean Meaning
일본 궁중 시녀들이 쓰던 은어·비밀어 / 그 은어에 속하는 낱말
Vietnamese Meaning
Biệt ngữ của các cung nữ trong triều đình Nhật, hình thành thời Muromachi và về sau lan ra dân gian. / Từ ngữ vốn thuộc biệt ngữ của cung nữ (nyōbō kotoba).
Tagalog Meaning
Lihim na wika ng mga dama sa imperyal na korte, nag-ugat noong Panahong Muromachi at kalaunan kumalat sa madla. / Salitang orihinal na kabilang sa nasabing lihim na wika.
Sense（1）
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
Sense（2）
a word originally belonging to this cant
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Quizzes for review
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
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女房詞
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He expressed his wife using a euphemism.
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彼は女房詞を使って妻を表現した。
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