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屁負い比丘尼 (へおいびくに) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

屁へ負おい比び丘く尼に

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お

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に

Meanings

1

female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

historical term

Historical term from the Edo period. A female attendant who would claim responsibility for a noblewoman's flatulence to save her embarrassment.

江え戸ど時じ代だいには、屁へ負おい比び

丘く

尼に

と

いう

役やく

割わり

の

女じょ

性せい

が

い

た

と

伝つた

え

られる

。

It is said that in the Edo period there were women who served as 'heoi bikuni', taking the blame for noblewomen's flatulence.

Kanji

屁fart, passing gas
負defeat, negative, -
比compare, race, ratio
丘hill, knoll
尼nun
追chase, drive away, follow

Built from

屁へ+負おう+比び丘く尼に

Written forms

屁へ負おい比び丘く尼に
Standard kanji spelling for this historical term.
屁へ追おい比び丘く尼に
Variant spelling using 追い instead of 負い.

Etymology

Compound of 屁 (he, 'fart'), 負い (oi, 'carrying, taking on'), and 比丘尼 (bikuni, 'Buddhist nun'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term refers to a female attendant who would take the blame for a noblewoman's fart.