さと
里
こと
言
ば
葉

noun

Linguistics terminology.
  1. countryside dialect.
  2. sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
さと
里
こと
言
ば
葉
 里言葉 さとことば
さと
里
　
こ
　
と
　
ば
 里ことば さとことば
さと
里
ことば
詞
 里詞 さとことば

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ri, village, parent's home
さと　リ　さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
leaf, plane, lobe
は　ヨウ　よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ　うすいきふだ　まど
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)