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    3. 身上がり

    身上がり

    身み上あが​り​

    taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    身揚がり身上り身揚り

    みあがり

    Noun

    1.
    taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

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    Characters that make up this word

    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
    Kanji
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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