| お姉さん(P);御姉さん | [おねえさん, oneesan] (n) (1) (hon) (usu. お姉さん) (See 姉さん) elder sister; (2) (vocative) young lady; (3) (usu. お姐さん) miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); (4) (usu. お姐さん) ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors); (P) |
| お座敷;御座敷 | [おざしき, ozashiki] (n) (1) (pol) (See 座敷・1) tatami room; (2) gathering (to which one has been invited to perform as a geisha, etc.) |
| パトロン | [, patoron] (n) (1) patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; financial supporter; (2) (See 芸者,旦那) sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); (3) patron; master; manager; boss; (P) |
| 一本 | [いっぽん, ippon] (n) (1) one long cylindrical thing; (2) one version; (3) (a) certain book; (4) (a) blow; (5) an experienced geisha; (P) |
| 上げる(P);挙げる(P);揚げる(P) | [あげる, ageru] (v1,vt) (1) (See 手を挙げる・1) to raise; to elevate; (2) (See 髪を上げる) to do up (one's hair); (3) to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); (4) to land (a boat); (5) (揚げる only) to deep-fry; (6) to show someone (into a room); (7) (揚げる only) (uk) to summon (for geishas, etc.); (8) to send someone (away); (9) to enrol (one's child in school) (enroll); (10) to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); (11) (See 声を上げる) to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); (12) to earn (something desirable); (13) to praise; (14) (usu. 挙げる) to give (an example, etc.); to cite; (15) (usu. 挙げる) to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); (16) (挙げる only) to arrest; (17) (挙げる only) to nominate; (18) (pol) to give; (19) to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); (20) to bear (a child); (21) (usu. 挙げる) to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (v1,vi) (22) (of the tide) to come in; (v1,vi,vt) (23) to vomit; (aux-v) (24) (uk) (pol) (after the -te form of a verb) to do for (the sake of someone else); (25) (See 作り上げる) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to complete; (26) (hum) (See 申し上げる・2) used after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility; (P) |
| 下地っ子 | [したじっこ, shitajikko] (n) young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor |
| 口がかかる;口が掛かる | [くちがかかる, kuchigakakaru] (exp,v5r) (1) to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer); (2) (usu. as 〜の口が掛かる) to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...) |
| 商売人 | [しょうばいにん, shoubainin] (n) (1) merchant; trader; (2) expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert; (3) (See 商売女,水商売) woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine |
| 姉さん(P);姐さん | [ねえさん(P);あねさん, neesan (P); anesan] (n) (1) (hon) (usu. 姉さん) elder sister; (2) (vocative) young lady; (3) (usu. 姐さん) miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); (4) (usu. 姐さん) ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors); (P) |
| 小職;小童 | [こじょく, kojoku] (n) (1) (arch) girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel); (2) (arch) (derog) (See 小童・こわっぱ) brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes; (3) (arch) (original meaning) disciple; apprentice |
| 左褄を取る | [ひだりづまをとる, hidaridumawotoru] (exp,v5r) (arch) to become a geisha; to work as a geisha |
| 待合(P);待ち合い;待合い | [まちあい, machiai] (n,vs) (1) meeting place; assignation place; (2) geisha entertaining room; teahouse; machiai; (P) |
| 御勤め;お勤め | [おつとめ, otsutome] (n) (1) (arch) (pol) one's business; (2) reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; (3) bargain; discount; (4) money paid to a prostitute or geisha |
| 御酌;お酌 | [おしゃく, oshaku] (n,vs) (1) pouring alcohol; (2) person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (3) (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl |
| 新子;新妓 | [しんこ, shinko] (n) (1) (新子 only) (See 鮗・このしろ) very young fish (esp. a konoshiro gizzard shad); (2) (arch) new geisha |
| 旦那(P);檀那 | [だんな, danna] (n) (1) master (of a house, shop, etc.); (2) husband (informal); (3) word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status (sir, boss, master, governor); (4) (See パトロン・1) patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; (5) {Buddh} (original meaning; usu. written as 檀那) (See 檀越,檀家) alms; almsgiving; almsgiver; (P) |
| 検番;見番 | [けんばん, kenban] (n) (1) geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha; (2) (See 検番芸者) geisha on call |
| 検番芸者 | [けんばんげいしゃ, kenbangeisha] (n) (See 検番) geisha belonging to a call-office (usually a skilled geisha) |
| 歌妓 | [かぎ, kagi] (n) woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties |
| 武芸者 | [ぶげいしゃ, bugeisha] (n) master of martial arts |
| 水揚げ(P);水あげ | [みずあげ, mizuage] (n,vs) (1) (See 陸揚げ) landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); (n) (2) (See 漁獲量) catch (of fish); takings; (3) (See 売上高) sales (of a shop); (n,vs) (4) defloration (e.g. of a geisha); (5) preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana); (P) |
| 猫 | [ねこ, neko] (n) (1) cat; (2) shamisen; (3) geisha; (4) (abbr) (See 猫車) wheelbarrow; (5) (abbr) (See 猫火鉢) clay bed-warmer; (6) (uk) (col) (ant |
| 玉 | [ぎょく, gyoku] (n) (1) (also formerly read as ごく) precious stone (esp. jade); (2) {food} egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); (3) stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; (4) (See 建玉) position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); (5) geisha; (6) (abbr) (See 玉代) time charge for a geisha; (7) (abbr) (See 玉将) king (shogi) |
| 玉(P);球;珠;弾 | [たま, tama] (n) (1) ball; sphere; globe; orb; (2) bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet; (3) (esp. 球) ball (in sports); (4) pile (of noodles, etc.); (5) (esp. 弾; also written as 弾丸) bullet; (6) (esp. 球) bulb (i.e. a light bulb); (7) lens (of glasses, etc.); (8) (esp. 玉,珠) bead (of an abacus); (9) (sl) (abbr) (esp. 玉) (See 金玉・きんたま) ball (i.e. a testicle); (10) (esp. 玉,珠; also written as 璧) gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl; (11) female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); (12) (derog) person (when commenting on their nature); character; (13) item, funds or person used as part of a plot; (n,n-suf) (14) (See 玉子・2) egg; (n-suf) (15) (usu. だま) coin; (16) precious; beautiful; excellent; (P) |
| 玉代 | [ぎょくだい, gyokudai] (n) time charge for a geisha |
| 箱(P);函;匣;筥;筐;凾 | [はこ(P);こう(匣), hako (P); kou ( kou )] (n) (1) box; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (arch) (See 箱屋) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (5) (arch) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (P) |
| 羽織芸者 | [はおりげいしゃ, haorigeisha] (n) (col) (See 辰巳芸者) geisha from the Fukagawa red light district in Edo (Edo period) |
| 舞子;舞妓 | [まいこ;ぶぎ(舞妓), maiko ; bugi ( maiko )] (n) (1) apprentice geisha; (2) dancing girl |
| 花柳界 | [かりゅうかい, karyuukai] (n) red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde; (P) |
| 花街;花町 | [かがい(花街);はなまち, kagai ( hana machi ); hanamachi] (n) red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter |
| 芸娼妓解放令 | [げいしょうぎかいほうれい, geishougikaihourei] (n) ordinance liberating all geisha and prostitutes (1872) |
| 芸者 | [げいしゃ, geisha] (n) geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; (P) |
| 芸者を上げる | [げいしゃをあげる, geishawoageru] (exp,v1) to call in a geisha |
| 落籍 | [らくせき, rakuseki] (n,vs) (1) lack of registration (in the census register); (2) (See 身請け) buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom |
| 襟替え;襟換え | [えりがえ, erigae] (n) (See 半玉,舞子・1) becoming a geisha (of a geisha apprentice) |
| 見ず転;不見転 | [みずてん, mizuten] (n) (1) (uk) (See 不見転芸者・みずてんげいしゃ) loose morals (e.g. of a geisha); easy virtue; (2) impulse; whim |
| 請け出す;受け出す;請出す | [うけだす, ukedasu] (v5s,vt) (1) to redeem; to take out of pawn; (2) (See 身請け) to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer) |
| 身請け;身受け;身請(io) | [みうけ, miuke] (n,vs) paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage |
| 身請け金;身請金;身請銀 | [みうけがね;みうけきん(身請け金;身請金), miukegane ; miukekin ( miuke ke kin ; miuke kin )] (n) (See 身請け) money needed to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage |
| 迎車 | [げいしゃ, geisha] (n) taxi en route to a customer |