Word Meaning 局女郎

つぼねじょろう tsubonejorou

局女郎 is read as つぼねじょろう (tsubonejorou) and means prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period).

Meaning

English

prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)

Reading

Kana

つぼねじょろう

Romaji

tsubonejorou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 39168 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

女郎

じょろ

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

見世女郎

みせじょろう

low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

格子女郎

こうしじょろう

prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū; Edo period)

女郎

めろう

bitch

端女郎

はしじょろう

low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)

雪女郎

ゆきじょろう

snow woman

散茶女郎

さんちゃじょろう

prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)

梅茶女郎

うめちゃじょろう

low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)

女郎花月

おみなえしづき

seventh lunar month

郎女

いらつめ

lass

女郎買

じょろかい

buying the services of a prostitute

女郎花

おみなえし

golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia)