女房言葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	房	言	葉
にょう Grade: 1	ぼう Grade: S	こと Grade: 2	は > ば Grade: 3
kan’yōon	goon	kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 女房言葉 – see the following entry.

【女房詞にょうぼうことば】 [noun] a cant or secret language of ladies-in-waiting in the imperial court, arising during the Muromachi period and later spreading to the general population [noun] a word originally belonging to this cant

(This term, 女房言葉, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)