からゆきさん

noun

karayuki-san; young Japanese women sent abroad (often as prostitutes) in the Meiji to early Showa period

Historical term for Japanese women who went overseas, mainly to Southeast Asia, from the late 19th to early 20th century, often working as prostitutes. The term is now used in historical contexts.

See also: からゆき

• からゆきさんは、明めい治じから昭しょう和わ初しょ期きにかけて東とう南なんアジアなどに渡わたった日本にほん人じん女じょ性せいを指さす歴れき史し用よう語ごだ。

  Karayuki-san is a historical term referring to Japanese women who went to Southeast Asia and other regions from the Meiji to early Showa period.

• この小しょう説せつは、からゆきさんとして海かい外がいで働はたらいた女じょ性せいの生しょう涯がいを描えがいている。

  This novel depicts the life of a woman who worked abroad as a karayuki-san.