売うり子こ

noun

salesperson; shop assistant; vendor

General term for someone who sells goods, ranging from store clerks to street vendors. The cross-reference 販売員 is a more formal equivalent.

See also: 販売員

• 彼かの女じょはデパートの売うり子ことして働はたらいている。

  She works as a salesperson at a department store.

• 祭まつりでは、売うり子こが大おお声ごえで呼よび込こみをしていた。

  At the festival, vendors were loudly calling out to customers.

noun

male prostitute

Archaic meaning; not used in modern Japanese. Historically referred to a male sex worker.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、売うり子こが男だん娼しょうを指さす用よう例れいが見みられる。

  In Edo-period documents, there are examples where 売り子 refers to a male prostitute.