"花魁" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [o̞iɾã̠ɴ] Forms: 花魁 [canonical] (ruby: 花魁(おいらん)), oiran [romanization]
Etymology: /oira no/ → /oiran/ A contraction of 己等 (oira, first-person pronoun) + の (no, possessive particle). Young assistants used to call their elder courtesans 己等の (oira no), an ellipse for 己等の姉さん (oira no nēsan, literally "my elder sister"). The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 花魁 (huākuí). Etymology templates: {{juku|sort=おいらん}} jukujikun (熟字訓), {{bor|ja|zh|花魁|sort=おいらん}} Chinese 花魁 (huākuí) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おいらん}} 花魁(おいらん) • (oiran)
  1. (archaic, slang) an oiran (elder courtesan in Edo-period Yoshiwara) Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-花魁-ja-noun-VHn1Avn3 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, 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 Pages with 4 entries: 13 9 44 30 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 5 48 37 2 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 59 38 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 59 37 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 59 36 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 40 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 44 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 59 36 5
  2. any high-ranking courtesan Synonyms: 太夫
    Sense id: en-花魁-ja-noun-PPQpYwwP Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 40 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 44 3
  3. a prostitute
    Sense id: en-花魁-ja-noun-mes8suzV Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Occupations, Prostitution Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 40 11 Disambiguation of Occupations: 34 14 51 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 9 9 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 花魁草 (oiransō) (ruby: 花魁(オイラン), 草(ソウ)), 花魁道中 (Oiran Dōchū) (ruby: 花魁(おいらん), 道中(どうちゅう)), 花魁鳥 (oirandori) (ruby: 花魁(オイラン), 鳥(ドリ)) Related terms: 娼婦 
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