にようばうことば

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of にようばうことば – see the following entry at 女房詞.
にょうぼうことば【女房詞・女房言葉】 [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, にようばうことば, is a historical hiragana spelling of 女房詞.)

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