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交際場裡 (こうさいじょうり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
social circles ; fashionable society
Literary and somewhat dated term for the world of high society or the social arena, often with a nuance of fashionable or elite circles. Rare in everyday conversation.
はな
やか
な
生せい
活かつ
に
憧あこが
れる
。
I long for the glamorous life of high society.
Written forms 交こう 際さい 場じょう 裡り
Literary kanji spelling; 裡 is a traditional variant of 裏. Rare in modern writing.
交こう 際さい 場じょう 裏り
Alternate kanji spelling using 裏. Also rare and literary.
Kanji 交 mingle, mixing, association Etymology Compound of 交際 (こうさい, 'social intercourse') + 場裡 (じょうり, 'inside the place/arena'). 場裡 is a literary suffix meaning 'within the sphere of'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word appears in Meiji- and Taishō-era writing.
