芸子
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 芸 | 子 |
| げい Grade: 4 |
こ Grade: 1 |
| jūbakoyomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 藝子 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 芸 (gei, “art, arts, especially performing arts”) + 子 (ko, “child, small thing, junior”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a geisha, especially a young geisha
- a young kabuki actor, especially one still in training
- a talented person, especially with regard to performing
- short for 芸子髷 (geiko mage): a special kind of hairstyle traditionally worn by geisha
Usage notes[edit]
For the sense of a woman employed to wear traditional dress and entertain using traditional song, dance, music, and storytelling:[2]
- geisha is the most general term.
- geigi is most often used in writing, typically more formal writing.
- geiko is more common in the Kansai region of Japan.
- kirei-dokoro can be used to mean a beautifully dressed woman, but more often refers to a woman working as an entertainer in a red-light district.
- hidarizuma is a somewhat old-fashioned epithet for a geisha, referring to the way that geisha hold onto the left (hidari) edge below the collar portion (tsuma) of their kimono while walking.
Synonyms[edit]
- (geisha):
- (kabuki actor): 舞台子 (ぶたいこ, butaiko)
- (talented person): 芸人 (げいにん, geinin)
- (hairstyle): 芸子髷 (げいこまげ, geiko mage)
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 芸 read as げい
- Japanese terms spelled with 子 read as こ
- Japanese terms read with jūbakoyomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters