にょうぼうことば

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of にょうぼうことば – see the following entry.

【女房詞】 [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 Alternative spelling 女房言葉

(This term, にょうぼうことば (nyōbōkotoba), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)