ジョロウ
Meanings
Noun
1. Prostituierte; Freudenmädchen; Kurtisane
Pitch accent
ジョ
Composed of
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat); becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
Bordell; Freudenhaus; öffentliches Haus; Puff
Bordellbesuch; Bordellbesucher
low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)
Kurtisane von niedrigem Rang (in der Edo-Zeit)
prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)
low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)
prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū) (Edo period)
niedrigrangige Prostituierte aus Yoshiwara, Edo, um 1700
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; (lit.) catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes