妓ぎ楼ろう

noun

brothel

A somewhat literary or historical term for a brothel, often associated with the Edo period or older red-light districts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの妓ぎ楼ろうは遊ゆう郭かくと呼よばれる区く域いきに集あつまっていた。

  In the Edo period, brothels were concentrated in areas called yūkaku (pleasure quarters).