化け粧しょう料りょう

noun

pin money; pocket money for cosmetics

Only with reading けしょうりょう

Historical term for a woman's personal allowance, especially for cosmetics and small luxuries. Also used for payment to a cosmetician.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、裕ゆう福ふくな商しょう家かの娘むすめは化け粧しょう料りょうとして小こ遣づかいをもらっていた。

  In the Edo period, daughters of wealthy merchant families received pin money as an allowance.

noun

cosmetic material; cosmetics

Only with reading けしょうりょう

Refers to the physical substances used for makeup and skincare. Less common than 化粧品 in modern Japanese.

• この店みせでは高こう級きゅうな化け粧しょう料りょうを扱あつかっている。

  This shop carries high-quality cosmetic materials.

noun

dowry (Edo period)

Specifically refers to a dowry in the context of Edo-period marriages. The reading けわいりょう is historically associated with this sense.

• 武ぶ家けの娘むすめが嫁とつぐとき、化け粧しょう料りょうとして土と地ちや金きん品ぴんが用よう意いされた。

  When a samurai's daughter married, land and goods were prepared as a dowry.