わらは

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of わらは – see the following entry.
【わらわ】
[pronoun] (archaic, women's speech, humble) I; me
[pronoun] (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (modern fiction, women's speech) I; me (used by haughty women of the highest classes of society); usually accompanied by archaic speech styles
[noun] (archaic, historical) a hairstyle, with the hair not tied up but hanging loose, typically worn by children
[noun] (by extension, archaic) a child older than a baby but not yet an adult
[noun] (archaic) a child servant, a child who does errands; (especially) a young servant of a Buddhist temple
[noun] (archaic, historical) short for 五節の童女 (gosechi no warawa), a girl who dances in 五節(ごせち) (gosechi) festivals
Alternative spellings
妾, 私, 童
(This term, わらは (warafa), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as わらは, see Category:Japanese kanji read as わらは.
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