Japanese
noun
- year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
- becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience
Example Sentences
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
女郎 [じょろう] #39,017
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
上臈 [じょうろう] #90,369
court lady
中臈 [ちゅうろう] #156,712
court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
臈たける [ろうたける] #181,157
to be elegant (usu. of a woman)
劫臈を経る [こうろうをへる] #279,921
to become skilled through years of experience
劫臈 [こうろう]
long time
奥上臈 [おくじょうろう]
maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
臘乾 [ラカン]
Chinese smoked and salted ham