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Example sentences for "geishas"

Lexicographically close words:
geht; gein; geir; geis; geisha; geistigen; gek; gelatin; gelatine; gelatinized
  1. These 'leaves of sunlight' are called gisaing, and correspond to the geishas of Japan.

  2. What difference can it make to me whether they are geishas or not?

  3. Those are only geishas,--[Geishas are professional dancers and singers trained at the Yeddo Conservatory.

  4. Shopkeepers are to be seen carrying specimens of their wares to their customers; brightly-clad geishas add grace and picturesqueness to the scene.

  5. I am almost hoping the Government won't let us go to the front and that for a week at least Cecil and I can sit in tea houses with our shoes off while the nesans bring us tea and the geishas rub their knees and make bows to us.

  6. It will be good to feel solid earth, and to see the kimonos and temples and geishas and cherry blossoms.

  7. These geishas are the favourite form of amusement, and in all villages you pass houses with mysterious gratings, enclosing a floor, where nightly the gentle wail of the samisen is heard and the graceful performance of the geishas is seen.

  8. Geisha ya, an establishment where geishas may be hired, 286.

  9. Yet so fascinating, bright, and lively are these geishas that many of them have been taken by men of good position as wives, and are now the heads of the most respectable homes.

  10. A Japanese entertainment is hardly regarded as complete without geishas in attendance, and their dancing, music, and graceful service at supper form a charming addition to an evening of enjoyment at a tea-house.

  11. Inchie's plate was loaded; the guests and geishas had a fair amount; but I had only three, and the aim was to pick them up one by one and put them into our mouths, the competitor whose plate was empty first being declared the winner.

  12. When he emerged from behind the screen, the geishas were frightened and drew back in alarm; for he was no longer the gentle little monkey merchant, but a real devil.

  13. The Sake passed round, the geishas danced, and Inchie talked, while with every cup he grew brighter and brighter, and his eyes sparkled like jewels.

  14. These three geishas are indeed the very same little creatures I heard singing on the rainy day of my arrival, through the thin panelling of the Garden of Flowers.

  15. At that time, preceded by a coquetish voice, three or four geishas entered the room.

  16. The sight of the geishas set the room immediately in a buzz and it became noisy as they all raised howls of welcome.

  17. One of the geishas who was advancing toward him smiled and courtesied at him as she passed by him.

  18. His manner was so rough that the geishas were startled and did not answer.

  19. One of the geishas came in front of me, and taking up a samisen, asked me to sing something.

  20. Do you suppose the Geishas are going to dance here?

  21. Something to make the Geishas look like a row of sparrows hunting crumbs on a park bench.

  22. Osaka and Kyoto have disguised themselves as travelling players, gathered together some geishas and musicians, and now set up a marionette theatre.


  23. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "geishas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.