Word Meaning 商売女

しょうばいおんな shoubaionna

商売女 is read as しょうばいおんな (shoubaionna) and means woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.)
  2. woman who works in an adult entertainment business
  3. demimondaine
  4. prostitute

Reading

Kana

しょうばいおんな

Romaji

shoubaionna

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 69870 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

商売

しょうばい

trade

商売人

しょうばいにん

expert (in a trade or profession)

商売上手

しょうばいじょうず

good at business

商売気

しょうばいぎ

commercial spirit

商売っ気

しょうばいっけ

nose for profit

商売の株

しょうばいのかぶ

goodwill of a business

商売筋

しょうばいすじ

business connections

商売往来

しょうばいおうらい

business handbook (with glossary) of the Edo period

商売仲間

しょうばいなかま

business partner

水商売

みずしょうばい

chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability

人気商売

にんきしょうばい

occupations dependent on public favor (favour)

小売商

こうりしょう

retail trade