洒しゃ落ら

nari-adjective (archaic / formal)

impertinent; cheeky

Archaic adjectival use (nari-adjective) describing someone as impertinent or cheeky. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「洒しゃ落ら」を「しゃら」と読よみ、生なま意い気きな様よう子すを表あらわした。

  In old texts, 洒落 was read as しゃら and described an impertinent manner.

nari-adjective (archaic / formal)

fresh; fashionable

Archaic adjectival use (nari-adjective) meaning fresh or fashionable. Obsolete in modern Japanese.

• 「洒しゃ落ら」を「しゃら」と読よんで、当とう時じの流りゅう行こうを表あらわすことがあった。

  洒落 read as しゃら was sometimes used to describe the fashion of the time.

noun

prostitute

Archaic noun meaning a prostitute. This sense is obsolete and not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんに「洒しゃ落ら」を「しゃら」と読よんで遊ゆう女じょを指さす例れいがある。

  There are examples in Edo-period texts where 洒落 read as しゃら refers to a courtesan.