屋

Obsolete term

prostitute

Rare term

small playhouse

Rare term

dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack

Sensitive; Rare term

tenement house with no windows

brothel

maternity room; delivery room

yarn seller

female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense

Derogatory; Idiomatic expression

heavily made-up woman; flour-shop burglar

caterer in a red-light district

Obsolete term

menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

Colloquial; From 七 and 質 both being read しち

pawnshop

roadside tea house; beach-side cafe; simple, hut-like cafe

Meaning uncertain

hut where a fire was kept to keep deer, wild boars, etc. away from fields; hut where a mosquito-repelling fire was kept

Rare term

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

large bathhouse

Rare term

intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole

teahouse that introduces clients to prostitutes

Rare term

pawnshop

meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.

Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher

Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher

home in which a woman stays during her period (or while giving birth)

period; menstruation; menses

lord; master