"傾城" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 傾城 [canonical] (ruby: (けい), (せい)), keisei [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Chinese 傾城. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|ltc|傾城|sort=けいせい}} Borrowed from Middle Chinese 傾城 Head templates: {{ja-noun|けいせい}} 傾(けい)城(せい) • (keisei)
  1. (idiomatic) a very beautiful woman (Compare the English term femme fatale.) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (beautiful woman): 傾城傾国 (keiseikeikoku) (ruby: 傾城傾国(けいせいけいこく))
    Sense id: en-傾城-ja-noun-QAJ74vR~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 92 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'beautiful woman': 100 0
  2. (idiomatic) courtesan Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-傾城-ja-noun-PSahMwSh Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
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Download raw JSONL data for 傾城 meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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