よたか

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of よたか – see the following entry.

【夜鷹】 [noun] a grey nightjar [noun] people who wander about until late [noun] (Edo) unlicensed prostitutes who worked the roadsides at night [noun] Clipping of 夜鷹蕎麦 (yotaka soba, “late night soba sellers”). Alternative spelling ヨタカ

(This term, よたか (yotaka), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as よたか, see Category:Japanese kanji read as よたか.)