Word details

飯売女

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 飯売女.

Dictionary

Entry

飯売女めしうりおんなNoun
1

maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

meal, boiled rice

12 strokesFrequency 1,046JLPT N3Grade 4

On

ハン

Kun

めし

Nanori

いいいり

sell

7 strokesFrequency 202JLPT N3Grade 2

On

バイ

Kun

う.るう.れる

Nanori

うりうる

woman, female

3 strokesFrequency 151JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジョニョニョウ

Kun

おんな

Nanori

おなつき

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