女にょう房ぼう詞ことば

noun

court ladies' secret language; women's language of the Muromachi period

A historical sociolect used by court ladies in the Muromachi period, characterized by euphemistic and elegant expressions, often replacing direct terms with indirect or softened words.

• 女にょう房ぼう詞ことばは、室むろ町まち時じ代だいの宮きゅう中ちゅうで女にょう房ぼうたちが使つかった独どく特とくの言こと葉ば遣づかいです。

  Nyōbō kotoba is a distinctive style of speech used by court ladies in the imperial palace during the Muromachi period.

• 「おかず」や「おひや」などの言こと葉ばは、もともと女にょう房ぼう詞ことばから来きていると言いわれています。

  Words like 'okazu' (side dish) and 'ohiya' (cold water) are said to originate from nyōbō kotoba.