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    3. 遊女

    遊女

    遊ゆう女じょ

    prostitute

    KMT9News #27+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ゆうじょ

    Noun

    1.
    prostitute, harlot

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    江え戸ど時じ代だいには遊ゆう女じょが多おおく存そん在ざいした。

    Many courtesans existed during the Edo period.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    遊ゆう女じょは、当とう時じの文ぶん化かや芸げい術じゅつに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    Courtesans had a great influence on the culture and arts of that time.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    彼かの女じょは遊ゆう女じょの悲かなしい運うん命めいを描えがいた小しょう説せつを読よんだ。

    She read a novel depicting the tragic fate of a courtesan.

    KMT9LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    吉よし原わらの遊ゆう女じょたちは、その美うつくしさや教きょう養ようで知しられていた。

    The courtesans of Yoshiwara were known for their beauty and refinement.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    歌か舞ぶ伎きや浮うき世よ絵えには、遊ゆう女じょを題だい材ざいにした作さく品ひんが多おおく見みられる。

    Many works depicting courtesans can be seen in Kabuki and Ukiyo-e.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    遊
    あそ.ぶ・あそ.ばす…(4)
    play
    女
    おんな・め…(7)
    woman・female
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