[こ, ko] (n, n-suf) (1) child; (2) (also 仔) young (animal); (3) (also 娘) young woman; young geisha; (4) offshoot; (5) (See 元も子もない) interest; (6) (abbr) (See 子株・2) new shares; (7) (arch) bird egg; (n-suf) (8) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women); (P) #443
[ねこ, neko] (n) (1) cat; (2) shamisen; (3) geisha; (4) (abbr) (See 猫車) wheelbarrow; (5) (abbr) (See 猫火鉢) clay bed-warmer; (6) (uk) (col) (ant #1982
[ぎょく, gyoku] (n) (1) (also formerly read as ごく) precious stone (esp. jade); (2) { food } egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); (3) stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; (4) (See 建玉) position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); (5) geisha; (6) (abbr) (See 玉代) time charge for a geisha; (7) (abbr) (See 玉将) king (shogi) #2007
[たま, tama] (n) (1) ball; sphere; globe; orb; (2) bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet; (3) (esp. 球) ball (in sports); (4) pile (of noodles, etc.); (5) (esp. 弾; also written as 弾丸) bullet; (6) (esp. 球) bulb (i.e. a light bulb); (7) lens (of glasses, etc.); (8) (esp. 玉, 珠) bead (of an abacus); (9) (sl) (abbr) (esp. 玉) (See 金玉・きんたま) ball (i.e. a testicle); (10) (esp. 玉, 珠; also written as 璧) gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl; (11) female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); (12) (derog) person (when commenting on their nature); character; (13) item, funds or person used as part of a plot; (n, n-suf) (14) (See 玉子・2) egg; (n-suf) (15) (usu. だま) coin; (16) precious; beautiful; excellent; (P) #2007
[はこ(P);こう(匣), hako (P); kou ( kou )] (n) (1) box; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (arch) (See 箱屋) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (5) (arch) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (P) #3163
[あげる, ageru] (v1, vt) (1) (See 手を挙げる・1) to raise; to elevate; (2) (See 髪を上げる) to do up (one's hair); (3) to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); (4) to land (a boat); (5) (揚げる only) to deep-fry; (6) to show someone (into a room); (7) (揚げる only) (uk) to summon (for geishas, etc.); (8) to send someone (away); (9) to enrol (one's child in school) (enroll); (10) to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); (11) (See 声を上げる) to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); (12) to earn (something desirable); (13) to praise; (14) (usu. 挙げる) to give (an example, etc.); to cite; (15) (usu. 挙げる) to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); (16) (挙げる only) to arrest; (17) (挙げる only) to nominate; (18) (pol) to give; (19) to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); (20) to bear (a child); (21) (usu. 挙げる) to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (v1, vi) (22) (of the tide) to come in; (v1, vi, vt) (23) to vomit; (aux-v) (24) (uk) (pol) (after the -te form of a verb) to do for (the sake of someone else); (25) (See 作り上げる) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to complete; (26) (hum) (See 申し上げる・2) used after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility; (P) #5990
[ねえさん(P);あねさん, neesan (P); anesan] (n) (1) (hon) (usu. 姉さん) elder sister; (2) (vocative) young lady; (3) (usu. 姐さん) miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); (4) (usu. 姐さん) ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors); (P) #11025
[まいこ;ぶぎ(舞妓), maiko ; bugi ( maiko )] (n) (1) apprentice geisha; (2) dancing girl #16681
[げいしゃ, geisha] (n) geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; (P) #16859
[だんな, danna] (n) (1) master (of a house, shop, etc.); (2) husband (informal); (3) word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status (sir, boss, master, governor); (4) (See パトロン・1) patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; (5) { Buddh } (original meaning; usu. written as 檀那) (See 檀越, 檀家) alms; almsgiving; almsgiver; (P) #18713
[りっぽう, rippou] (n) dancing (geisha) #18954
[おざしき, ozashiki] (n) (1) (pol) (See 座敷・1) tatami room; (2) gathering (to which one has been invited to perform as a geisha, etc.)
[おねえさん, oneesan] (n) (1) (hon) (usu. お姉さん) (See 姉さん) elder sister; (2) (vocative) young lady; (3) (usu. お姐さん) miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); (4) (usu. お姐さん) ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors); (P)
[agurigeishon ; aguregeishon] (n, vs) aggregation
[intaroge-shon ; intarogeishon] (n, adj-f) interrogation
[intaroge-shonma-ku ; intarogeishonma-ku] (n) interrogation mark
[e-jizumu] (n) agism; ageism
[ge-sen ; geisen] (n) (abbr) (See ゲームセンター) game center; game centre
[tsuaitogaisuto] (n) (See 時代精神) zeitgeist (ger
[patoron] (n) (1) patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; financial supporter; (2) (See 芸者, 旦那) sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); (3) patron; master; manager; boss; (P)
[poruta-gaisuto] (n) poltergeist (ger
[ラップおん, rappu on] (n) rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
[くらがえ, kuragae] (n, vs) changing jobs; changing quarters (geisha, etc.)
[いっぽん, ippon] (n) (1) one long cylindrical thing; (2) one version; (3) (a) certain book; (4) (a) blow; (5) an experienced geisha; (P)
[はおりげいしゃ, haorigeisha] (n) (col) (See 辰巳芸者) geisha from the Fukagawa red light district in Edo (Edo period)
[えんげいしょくぶつ, engeishokubutsu] (n) gardening plant
[したじっこ, shitajikko] (n) young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor
[かぎ, kagi] (n) woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties
[かがい(花街);はなまち, kagai ( hana machi ); hanamachi] (n) red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
[かりゅうかい, karyuukai] (n) red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde; (P)
[きれいどころ, kireidokoro] (n) geisha girls
[きょくげいし, kyokugeishi] (n) acrobat; tumbler
[ぎょくだい, gyokudai] (n) time charge for a geisha
[えりがえ, erigae] (n) (See 半玉, 舞子・1) becoming a geisha (of a geisha apprentice)
[えりおしろい, erioshiroi] (n) white powder for use on the neck (e.g. by geisha)
[くうちゅうブランコきょくげいし, kuuchuu buranko kyokugeishi] (n) trapeze artist; aerial artist
[げいぎ;げいこ(ik), geigi ; geiko (ik)] (n) geisha
[げいしゃをあげる, geishawoageru] (exp, v1) to call in a geisha
[げいしゃや, geishaya] (n) (See 置屋) geisha house
[げいしょうぎ, geishougi] (n) (See 芸妓, 娼妓) geisha and prostitutes
[げいしょうぎかいほうれい, geishougikaihourei] (n) ordinance liberating all geisha and prostitutes (1872)
[げいしゃ, geisha] (n) taxi en route to a customer
[げいしゅん, geishun] (n) New Year's greetings (lit
[げいし, geishi] (n) blubber
[くじらひげ;げいしゅ;げいす, kujirahige ; geishu ; geisu] (n) (uk) whalebone; baleen
[けんばん, kenban] (n) (1) geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha; (2) (See 検番芸者) geisha on call
[けんばんげいしゃ, kenbangeisha] (n) (See 検番) geisha belonging to a call-office (usually a skilled geisha)
[みずてん, mizuten] (n) (1) (uk) (See 不見転芸者・みずてんげいしゃ) loose morals (e.g. of a geisha); easy virtue; (2) impulse; whim