Geisha is an English word with synonyms like woman or japanese. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Geisha meaning
A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.
Using Geisha
- The main meaning on this page is: A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.
- Useful related words include: geisha girl, woman, adult female, japanese.
- In the example corpus, geisha often appears in combinations such as: and geisha, the geisha, geisha coffee.
Context around Geisha
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Geisha
- In this selection, "geisha" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, young, apprentice, acquire, coffee, wearing and performers stand out and add context to how "geisha" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a young geisha named sakura and a young geisha the protagonist. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "geisha" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with geisha
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It looked like Demi was trying to channel a Geisha. (10 words)
And as she used to do, the Geisha will sing for you. (12 words)
Harley’s look is inspired by elements from Bosozoku, Harajuku and Geisha culture. (13 words)
Another dispatch from the consul general of Qingdao in Shandong province in China says the Imperial Army asked for one woman to accommodate every 70 soldiers, while the navy had requested 150 more comfort women and geisha, Kyodo said. (39 words)
Susohiki / Hikizuri maiko (apprentice geisha ), wearing specially tailored "maiko-style" furisode kimonos with tucks in sleeves and at shoulders :The susohiki is usually worn by geisha or by stage performers of the traditional Japanese dance. (35 words)
Chan recently directed a production of “Madama Butterfly” at Boston Lyric Opera that transposed the story to World War II America; instead of a young geisha, the protagonist is a jazz singer. (32 words)
Example sentences (19)
Susohiki / Hikizuri maiko (apprentice geisha ), wearing specially tailored "maiko-style" furisode kimonos with tucks in sleeves and at shoulders :The susohiki is usually worn by geisha or by stage performers of the traditional Japanese dance.
She said the competitions gave Klatch Coffee the connections to acquire Geisha coffee beans, said to be among the world’s most expensive.
Chan recently directed a production of “Madama Butterfly” at Boston Lyric Opera that transposed the story to World War II America; instead of a young geisha, the protagonist is a jazz singer.
In that time it has expanded into two restaurants and also offers Geisha at Home, allowing people to order straight to their door.
Tourists have been banned from certain private streets in Kyoto’s famous historic Gion district - where geisha performers work - due to antisocial behaviour.
Harley’s look is inspired by elements from Bosozoku, Harajuku and Geisha culture.
It looked like Demi was trying to channel a Geisha.
Another dispatch from the consul general of Qingdao in Shandong province in China says the Imperial Army asked for one woman to accommodate every 70 soldiers, while the navy had requested 150 more comfort women and geisha, Kyodo said.
The first-ever US cafe from popular Panamanian coffee roaster will serve sustainably sourced coffee drinks, light bites, and the incredibly rare (re: expensive) Geisha coffee.
The Shogun is demanding Akane to turn over a young geisha named Sakura (Kiki Sukezane), who is meant to echo Clementine.
The show features a stage performance, a tea ceremony performed by the geisha themselves, live shamisen music and a lot more.
And as she used to do, the Geisha will sing for you.
In one episode, Granny and she, disguised as " geisha girls ", finally have enough and "crown" Drysdale and Jethro, who have made one too many comments about women serving men.
Only maiko and geisha now use this layering technique for dances and subtle erotic suggestion, usually emphasising the back of the neck.
Several experienced players urged Blight to revert to Geelong's customary geisha style of play.
The Geisha (1896) was one of the most successful in the 1890s, running for more than two years and achieving great international success.
The rickshaw tradition has stayed alive in Kyoto and Tokyo's geisha districts citation only for tourists as well as in other tourist places.
This is also why geisha and maiko lift their kimono skirt when walking outside, also to show their beautiful underkimono or "nagajuban" (see below).
Three British Sailors mistake a the daughter of a samurai for a geisha ("Pretty Lady").
Common combinations with geisha
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: