List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute, good-time girl
archaic usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- prostitute and entertainer
archaic noun noun (generic)
- prostitute and entertainer
archaic noun noun (generic)
- employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.), master, mistress
archaic noun noun (generic)
- geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo
archaic noun noun (generic)
- wandering prostitute
archaic noun noun (generic)
- prostitute, geisha
archaic noun noun (generic)
- part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hลreki era onward)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months