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蓄妾 (ちくしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
keeping a mistress ; concubinage
Formal, historical term for the practice of keeping a concubine or mistress, especially in pre-modern East Asian contexts. The する form refers to the act of keeping a concubine.
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Concubinage was not uncommon among the upper classes in the past.
Similar words 妾めかけ 妾 refers to the mistress or concubine herself, while 蓄妾 refers to the practice or act of keeping one.
側そく 室しつ 側室 is a more formal term for a concubine, often used in historical contexts of nobility, whereas 蓄妾 focuses on the act of keeping a mistress.
Etymology Compound of 蓄 (accumulate, keep) and 妾 (concubine, mistress). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is associated with pre-modern practices of concubinage.
