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): [ba̠iɕɨ̃ᵝɰ̃ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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