わらわ

Etymology 1
From. Compare. Attested from Late Middle Japanese (中世, c. 12th century).

Pronoun

 * 1)  I; me
 * 2)   I; me (used by haughty women of the highest classes of society);
 * 1)   I; me (used by haughty women of the highest classes of society);
 * 1)   I; me (used by haughty women of the highest classes of society);

Usage notes
Chiefly used by women as, a form of honorific that presents the speaker as lower status than the addressee. Sometimes used by men, in which case it connotes great humility. In Modern Japanese the word came to be associated primarily with women from the samurai class.

Noun

 * 1)  a hairstyle, with the hair not tied up but hanging loose, typically worn by children
 * 2)  a child older than a baby but not yet an adult
 * 3)  a child servant, a child who does errands;  a young servant of a Buddhist temple
 * , a girl who dances in festivals
 * 1)  a child servant, a child who does errands;  a young servant of a Buddhist temple
 * , a girl who dances in festivals
 * , a girl who dances in festivals

Usage notes
After their  coming-of-age ceremony, young men would be expected to wear adult hairstyles. The childish warawa loose hair worn by young boys was therefore iconic of childhood. During the Nara period, upper class youth undertook genpuku from about the age of 10.