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女郎

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 女郎.

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Entry

女郎女臈ろう (女郎)ょう (女郎)NounFreq #39017
1

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

woman, female

3 strokesFrequency 151JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジョニョニョウ

Kun

おんな

Nanori

おなつき

son, counter for sons

8 strokesFrequency 569JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ロウリョウ

Kun

おとこ

Nanori

いらとうもんろお

year-end sacrifice, dried meat

16 strokes

On

ロウ

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