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つぼね
Meanings
Noun
1. court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period)
2. separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period)
3. room for a very low class prostitute
4. very low class prostitute
Alt. forms
局
つぼね
78%
つぼね
18%
ツボネ
3%
Pitch accent
つ
ぼね
Used in: 57
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
お
つぼね
(arch.)
court lady with her own private chamber or office; low-class prostitute (Edo period)
お
つぼね
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
つぼね
じょろう
prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)