Tham khảo tài liệu 'womansword what japanese words say about women phần 2', ngoại ngữ, nhật - pháp - hoa- others phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | example that springs to mind when linguistic sex discrimination is discussed. Three women add up to a sin worse than noise when the same character is pronounced kan. This spells wickedness or mischief and it can be stretched into the verb form kansuru meaning to seduce assault or rape. The hidden corollary to the kashitnashii character is that a trio of men getting together is nothing remarkable. There is no character composed of three male ideograms. In fact the male symbol almost never appears as a component of other characters. Other words reinforce the concept that women cause a hubbub. In old Japan the most likely spot for women to gather was beside the well idobata where they drew water and washed clothes so the term well-side conference idobata kaigi is still used to describe a group of gossiping women. The word for chatterbox oshaberi which literally means honorable talker is almost always used to describe or put down a woman. Gossip is considered something women do while there are few similarly derogatory terms for men who babble about trivial topics. ko itten A Touch of Scarlet jfii When a lone flower blooms brightly in the foliage Japanese admire it for adding a touch of scarlet ko itten . The same phrase denotes one woman in a group of men. The linking of females with ruby hues seems commonsensical to the Japanese. Red is pretty an attribute females are supposed to seek. Red also means happy celebration. Tradition says it should be worn by infants and people lucky enough to hit their sixtieth birthday because on that day they begin a new sixty-year cycle of the Chinese calendar. The undergarments worn beneath kimonos by Japanese women traditionally have been red a color thought to ward off menstrual pain and keep the female reproductive system running smoothly. Men considered a glimpse of this red underwear to be very erotic. The few remaining kimonoclad women usually wear white underwear today although geisha may retain the original rosy colors. The .
