妓

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courtesan

On-Yomi: ギ

Koohii stories:

1) [Weber] 15-7-2007(34): In the 平安時代 （へいあんじだい）, the courtesans (women who lived in the royal courts) often stayed in the side portions of the palaces, the section that branched off the main building. Idea taken from illustrations in a copy of the Tale of Genji.

2) [Christoph] 21-11-2007(21): The courtesan is in a branch of prostitution is way above that of the typical street whore.

3) [dihutenosa] 27-7-2008(6): The high court official has a courtesan that comes over often to his office. One day, however, his wife comes unexpectedly! Before she is detected, the official rushes his courtesan out of the window, where there is a special branch for her to sit on while she waits for the irate wife to leave.

4) [astridtops] 4-3-2007(4): Women who are courtesans know that their offspring will never be counted as members of the main branch of the family.

5) [Boy.pockets] 15-1-2011(3): This woman is not a harlot; she is a courtesan. Her clientele are from a much higher branch..

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