Word Meaning 雪女郎

ゆきじょろう yukijorou

雪女郎 is read as ゆきじょろう (yukijorou) and means snow woman.

Meaning

English

snow woman

Reading

Kana

ゆきじょろう

Romaji

yukijorou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 82097 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

女郎

じょろう

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)

局女郎

つぼねじょろう

prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)

女郎

めろう

bitch

端女郎

はしじょろう

low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)

散茶女郎

さんちゃじょろう

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

埋茶女郎

うめちゃじょろう

low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)

雪女

ゆきおんな

yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore)

女郎花月

おみなえしづき

seventh lunar month

郎女

いらつめ

lass

女郎買い

じょろうかい

buying the services of a prostitute

Example Sentences

越後には雪女郎というものがあると聞いているが、それも嘘だか本当だか判らない。

I heard that there were female snow spirits in Echigo, but I don't know whether it's true or not.