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
江戸時代の文献には「亡八」という言葉が遊郭の客を指して使われている。
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.
「忘八」は遊郭そのもの、または楼主を指す古い言葉だ。
忘八 is an old word for a brothel itself or its proprietor.
Derived from the idea of forgetting or losing the eight Confucian virtues (八徳), used as a derogatory term for those involved in the pleasure quarters. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.