Examples of 'okiya' in a sentence

Meaning of "okiya"

okiya (noun) - a Japanese term for a small, simple dwelling or house, often associated with traditional or rural settings.
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  • The lodging-house of a geisha.

How to use "okiya" in a sentence

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Okiya is a simple yet sophisticated strategy game.
Probably in another okiya in the hanamachi.
Remember to always honor this okiya.
I went to your okiya weeks ago.
Hatsumomo does not run this okiya.
The okiya gate.
Remember to always honour this okiya.
The okiya early one afternoon and came back at the end of the day wearing.
No one is leaving this okiya.
You will not have to worry about the okiya burning losing all your kimono.
I have wanted to apologize to you for so long about the okiya.
I live in the same okiya as Sayuri.
A maiko is an apprentice and is therefore bonded under a contract to her okiya.
Miyoharu returns to the okiya laden with gifts for Miyoei.
They belong to the okiya.

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The Iwasaki okiya geisha house.
Geisha were skilled since childhood with what were termed okiya houses.
Jodie Starling and Subaru Okiya are also in this one.
Geisha happen to be trained since childhood with the information were known since okiya houses.
The entire okiya was destroyed, along with its collection of kimono.
It goes to this okiya.
The okiya normally pays all expenses, including for kimono and training.
Inversely, there are houses licensed as okiya but without any geisha.
I went to your okiya weeks ago . They laughed and turned me away.
For formal occasions the maiko will wear a black hikizuri with 5 okiya crests.
But you promised the okiya to Pumpkin! Look at her.
Bolt the gate! No one is leaving this okiya.
I live in the same okiya as Sayuri . And Hatsumomo then said to him.
A maiko 's darari obi has the kamon insignia of its owner 's okiya on the other end.
The proprietress of the okiya is called okā-san the Japanese word for " mother.
Where is my sister? Probably in another okiya in the hanamachi.
The okiya supplies her with food, board, kimono, obi, and other tools of her trade.
Under such an arrangement, the geisha 's debts are absorbed by the okiya.
Such districts contain various okiya ( geisha houses ) and ochaya teahouses.
Certainly not . They belong to the okiya.
You won't have to worry about the okiya burning… losing all your kimono.
Depends on time, depends on Okiya.
You won't have to worry about the okiya burning… Iosing all your kimono.
But she told me to stay out … Tidy up . - Hatsumomo does not run this okiya.
But you promised the okiya to Pumpkin!
But she told me to stay out -- - Hatsumomo does not run this okiya.
Girls were bonded to okiya ( geisha houses ).
She was a geisha in okiya (geisha dwelling) named Harumoto in Akasaka, Tokyo (Minato Ward, Tokyo).
And let the okiya -.

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