遊女

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
遊	女
ゆう Grade: 3	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうじょ [yúꜜùjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːʑo̞]

Noun

遊女 (hiragana ゆうじょ, rōmaji yūjo, historical hiragana いうぢよ)

prostitute

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:娼婦

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
遊	女
あそ(び) Grade: 3	め Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

遊女 (hiragana あそびめ, rōmaji asobime)

Alternative spelling of 遊び女

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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