亡ぼう八はち

noun

brothel customer; john

Archaic term for a patron of a brothel, literally 'one who has forgotten the eight virtues'. Not used in modern Japanese.

See also: 八徳

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには「亡ぼう八はち」という言こと葉ばが遊ゆう郭かくの客きゃくを指さして使つかわれている。

  In Edo-period documents, the word 亡八 is used to refer to customers of the pleasure quarters.

noun

brothel; brothel owner

Archaic term for a brothel or its owner, derived from the same 'eight virtues' concept. Extremely rare and historical.

• 「忘ぼう八はち」は遊ゆう郭かくそのもの、または楼ろう主しゅを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  忘八 is an old word for a brothel itself or its proprietor.