売春婦

See also: 賣春婦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
売	春	婦
ばい Grade: 2	しゅん Grade: 2	ふ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
賣春婦 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

売春 (baishun, “prostitution”) +‎ 婦 (fu, “woman”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばいしゅんふ [bàíshúꜜǹfù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ba̠iɕɨ̃ɰ̃ɸɯ̟]

Noun

売(ばい)春(しゅん)婦(ふ) • (baishunfu)

prostitute; whore

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:娼婦

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.