梅うめ茶ちゃ女じょ郎ろう

noun

low-class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)

Historical term for a low-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters during the Edo period. Not used in modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの吉よし原わらでは、梅うめ茶ちゃ女じょ郎ろうは最さい下か級きゅうの遊ゆう女じょだった。

  In the Yoshiwara of the Edo period, umecha jorō were the lowest-ranking prostitutes.