女じょ郎ろう買かい

noun

buying the services of a prostitute; whoring

Historical term for visiting and paying for a prostitute, especially in the Edo-period pleasure quarters. Now archaic and rarely used outside historical contexts.

See also: 傾城買い

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、女じょ郎ろう買かいは遊ゆう郭かくで行おこなわれていた。

  In the Edo period, buying the services of a prostitute was done in the pleasure quarters.

• 彼かれは財ざい産さんを使つかい果はたすまで女じょ郎ろう買かいにふけった。

  He indulged in whoring until he squandered his fortune.