げいしゃ
Meanings
Noun
1. 舞踊や音曲で宴席に興を添えることを職業とする女性。芸子。芸妓。
2. 芸の達者な人。
3. 芸能を職業とする人。
4. 太鼓持ち。幇間。
Kanji used
art [old]
someone
Pitch accent
いしゃ
Composed of
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
female entertainer; geisha
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district
ex-geisha; former geisha
fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself
(untalented) geisha who sells sex; geisha who steals money from sleeping travellers
geisha living and working in a restaurant, inn, etc. (as opposed to in a geisha house); in-house geisha
Edo geisha; geisha living and working inside Edo (not one of the red-light districts on its outskirts)