Changing clothes - Koui

Japanese: 更衣 - こうい

〘noun〙① To change clothes. A change of clothes. Also, a change of clothes in early summer. ※Meiho Orai (mid-11th century?) Uehon " _Three kimonos were donated. In the room for changing clothes. In place of _them , _one kimono was _donated as follows." ※Haiku poem, Masuyama no I (1663), April "One day of changing clothes (Koromo Kahe) (〈note〉Kaui) and one white layer (Shirakasane) ." ② The name of a lady-in-waiting in the imperial harem. Originally, this was a position to serve the emperor with changing clothes, but later it came to refer to the emperor's wife. A woman from a family of nagon or lower rank, with a rank below that of nyogo. Usually, some would advance to fifth rank, and occasionally to fourth rank. [Shoku Nihon Kōki, Jowa 9 (842)] *Genji (around 1001-14) Kiritsubo "At some time in the reign, many concubines and ladies-in-waiting were present." ③ To go to the toilet. [Ian-Ryōgo (1774)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 衣服を着かえること。衣がえ。こうえ。また、初夏の衣がえ。※明衡往来（１１Ｃ中か）上本「奉入縑三疋。右更衣之間。為_レ代_二葛衣_一奉入如_レ件」※俳諧・増山の井（1663）四月「更衣(コロモカヘ)（〈注〉カウイ）一日白重(しらかさね)」② 後宮女官の名。もと、天皇の衣がえの御用を勤める役であったが、後には、天皇の妻の呼称となる。納言およびそれ以下の家柄の出身の女で、地位は女御の下。ふつう五位、まれに四位に進む者があった。〔続日本後紀‐承和九年（842）〕※源氏（1001‐14頃）桐壺「いづれの御時にか女御更衣あまたさぶらひ給ひける中に」③ 便所に行くこと。〔医案類語（1774）〕

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