ひさぐ

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

to sell; to peddle

Archaic or literary verb for selling, often with a nuance of peddling or hawking. In modern Japanese, 売る is the standard word. The phrase 春をひさぐ is a set expression meaning 'to sell one's body'.

See also: 春をひさぐ

• 昔むかし、行ぎょう商しょう人にんが町まちで品しな物ものをひさいでいた。

  Long ago, peddlers sold goods in town.