Japanese
Noun
Sense: prostitute; harlot
Synonyms
- 遊女, 遊び女 (asobime)
- 遊び者 (asobimono)
- 一夜妻 (ichiyazuma)
- 淫売 (inbai), 淫売婦 (inbaifu)
- 淫女 (injo), 婬女 (injo)
- 淫婦 (inpu), 婬婦 (inpu)
- 浮かれ女 (ukareme)
- 浮かれ妻 (ukarezuma)
- 花魁 (oiran), 華魁 (oiran)
- 御町 (omachi)
- (Kansai) お山, 女方 (oyama)
- 籠の鳥, 篭の鳥, かごの鳥 (kagonotori)
- 妓女, 伎女 (gijo)
- 傀儡 (kugutsu), 傀儡女 (kugutsume)
- 暗者 (kuramono), 闇者 (kuramono)
- 暗者女 (kuramonōnna)
- 傾国 (keikoku)
- 傾城, 契情 (keisei)
- 私窩子 (shikashi)
- 忍び女 (shinobionna)
- (Hokuriku) 杓 (shaku)
- 醜業婦 (shūgyōfu)
- 娼女 (shōjo), 倡女 (shōjo)
- 娼妓 (shōgi), 倡伎 (shōgi)
- 商売女 (shōbaionna)
- 娼婦 (shōfu)
- 倡婦 (shōbu)
- 女臈 (jōrō), 女﨟 (jōrō)
- 女郎 (jorō), 女郎 (joro), 女郎 (jōro), 女郎 (merō)
- (Edo period) 白拍子, 素拍子 (shirabyōshi)
- 賎業婦, 賤業婦 (sengyōfu)
- 其者 (soresha), 其れ者 (soresha)
- 戯れ女, 戯女 (tawareme)
- 出女 (deonna)
- 女菩薩 (nyobosatsu)
- 売女 (baita)
- 売春婦 (baishunfu)
- 売笑婦 (baishōfu)
- パンパン (panpan)
- パン助 (pansuke)
- プロスティチュート (purosutichūto)
- 山衆 (yamashū)
- 闇の女 (yami no onna)
- 遊君 (yūkun)
- 遊女 (yūjo),
Hyponyms
- 慰安婦 (ianfu, “(euphemistic): 'comfort woman'”)
- 花魁 (oiran)
- 街娼 (gaishō), ストリートガール (sutorīto gāru)
- (historical, Kansai) 影 (kage, “a low ranked prostitute in the licensed quarters with a fee of 2 momme”)
- 陰間 (kagema)
- (historical, Kansai) 鹿恋 (kakoi), 鹿 (shika):prostitute in the Osaka licensed quarter whose fee was 16 momme, the next grade below 太夫 (tayū), and 天神 (tenjin)
- (historical, Kansai) 月 (gachi, “a low ranked prostitute in the licensed quarters with a fee of 1 momme”)
- 河童 (kappa): a prostitute working from a boat that picks up customers from the banks of a river
- (Edo period) 巾着 (kinchaku): an unlicensed prostitute
- 傀儡 (kugutsu), 傀儡女 (kugutsume): female street puppeteer who engaged in prostitution
- (historical, colloquial) 孔雀 (kujaku) a high-ranked prostitute especially in Edo-period Yoshiwara
- (historical) 車 (kuruma, “prostitute in the Osaka licensed quarter whose fee was 4 momme, 3 bun”)
- (historical, Kansai) 潮, 汐 (shio): a low ranked prostitute in the licensed quarters with a fee of 3 momme
- 鹿, 獣 (shishi): (archaic) an onsen prostitute
- 洒落女 (shareonna), 洒落 (share): an unlicensed prostitute, often one who worked in a bathhouse
- 酌婦 (shakufu): a barmaid or waitress who moonlights as a prostitute
- 私娼 (shishō), (colloquial) 白 (shiro): unlicensed prostitute, 白人 (hakujin)
- 白首 (shirokubi, “low class unlicensed prostitutes with white painted napes”)
- (Edo period) 惣嫁, 総嫁 (sōka)
- 太夫 (tayū), 本位 (hon'i) the highest ranked courtesan in a licensed quarter
- 男娼 (danshō, “male prostitute”)
- (Edo period) 局女郎 (tsubonejorō), 局 (tsubone): a low grade prostitute who works out of a small tenement room and charges by the hour
- デリ嬢 (derijō)
- (historical, Kansai) 天神 (tenjin), 転進 (tenshin), 天職 (tenshoku) (colloquial) 梅 (ume) second highest ranked courtesan after the 大夫 (tayū)
- (Edo period, Kansai) 肉 (niku) a woman not part of the demimonde who engaged in secret, unlicensed prostitution
- 端女郎 (hashijorō), 茨 (ibara): low class prostitute
- (Edo period) 比丘尼 (bikuni, “low class prostitute in a nun's attire”)
- (historical, Kansai) 引舟女郎 (hikifune jorō), 舟 (fune): a prostitute who accompanied a 太夫 (tayū) a acted as a go between
- 柄杓 (hishaku, “low-class prostitute”)
- (Edo) 船饅頭 (funamanjū), 舟 (fune) a prostitute who operated on a boat on the River Sumida towards the end of the Edo period
- 丸太 (maruta, “(derogatory slang) unlicensed prostitute disguised as a Buddhist nun”)
- 飯盛女 (meshimori-onna)
- 湯女 (yuna, “bathhouse prostitute”)
- (Edo) 夜鷹 (yotaka, “unlicensed prostitutes who worked the roadsides at night”)
See also