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明めい治じ時じ代だいには、すうぎと呼よばれる少しょう女じょたちが芸げい妓ぎになるための修しゅう業ぎょうをしていた。

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明めい治じ時じ代だい

Meiji period (1868-1912)

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

は、

topic marker

grammar

child geisha; geisha apprentice

quotation, conditional, companion, or and marker

呼よばれる

be called out; be hailed; be called (a name); be referred to as; be invited (to); be summoned; be called for; be treated to (a meal, drink, etc.)

少しょう女じょ

girl; young lady

pluralizing suffix (people, animals)

芸げい妓ぎ

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

change into; turn into; transform

godan verb, auxiliary

sake or purpose

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

修しゅう業ぎょう

study; learning; training; apprenticeship

noun, suru verb

light/support verb with a noun or noun-like phrase

-> するgrammar

and; and then; then; because; so; since; by; through; with; although; but; yet; connects to auxiliary verbs (e.g., ている, ていく); forms compound verbs (e.g., やって来る); please (do)

particle, conjunction

be; exist; stay; be ...-ing; have ...-ed; be ...-ed

-> いるichidan verb, auxiliary

past tense or completed action