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) 

  1. prostitute; whore

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
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