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How to pronounce geisha in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms geisha girl
Type of adult female, japanese, nipponese, woman

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The models sported geisha-like pale skin, pink-painted eyes and glossy red lips.
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A geisha holds up a letter, coral sleeves falling back to expose pale forearms.
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A geisha performs at the museum on select dates and there is even sumo wrestling.
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During his time in Japan he was said to have fathered two children with a geisha.
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Masuda's autobiography details her struggles as a geisha in a hot-springs resort.
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The dance of the geisha has evolved from the dance performed on the kabuki stage.
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It was traditional in the past for established geisha to take a danna, or patron.
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After numerous obstacles she is transformed and is given a geisha name, Sayuri.
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In 1880, he met another woman, a former geisha with two children, Sakamaki Taiko.
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  • A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
  • Geisha are an Australian pop rock band. They were formed in 1983 as Geisha Detail, composed of Chris Doheny, Ken Shepard, John Nyman, Donoghue Doheny and Peter Robertson. They changed their name to Geisha and signed with EMI. ...
  • The Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia cultivar 'Geisha' is a dwarf variety.
  • The Geisha, a story of a tea house is an Edwardian Musical Comedy in two acts. The score was composed by Sidney Jones to a libretto by Owen Hall, with lyrics by Harry Greenbank. Additional songs were written by Lionel Monckton and James Philip.
  • Is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha.
  • A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy
  • 'accomplished person' - skilled hired entertainers (not prostitutes).
  • Girl trained in singing and dancing; she was employed to entertain guests, though her services were not necessarily of a sexual nature. Until the 16th century there were also male geisha.
  • Swedish shock rock band formed in 1983. Tony Reno joined the band in 1986, replacing Mikkey Dee. Geisha released one album, "Phantasmagoria" in 1987 and split up in 1989.