Front room - Omotezasiki

Japanese: 表座敷 - おもてざしき

〘noun〙① A room located at the front of a house. Used as a guest room. The front living room. ⇔The back room. ※Santaka Koki - July 25, 1527 (Taiei 7) "During the Middle Captain's monthly tour, _{there is} a room with _two rooms." ② In _a pleasure quarter, a room on the second floor facing the street where the higher-ranking prostitutes stay. The second floor of the front room. Also, the prostitute. The front room attendant. ※Sakehon Tsushisen (around 1781), various translations of the brothels "Kiyoyuki's partner was Suminoe, who sat in the front room."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 家の表の方にある座敷。客間とする。表居間。⇔裏座敷。※実隆公記‐大永七年（1527）七月二五日「中将月次張行、於_二面座敷_一有_レ之」② 遊里で、上位の遊女のいる、道に面した二階の部屋。表二階。また、その遊女。表座敷持。※洒落本・通志選（1781頃）廓中の諸訳「清幸が相方はすみの江、表座しき也」

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