床とこ芸げい者しゃ

noun

fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself

Historical term for a geisha who engaged in prostitution, often due to financial hardship or coercion. The word carries a negative, stigmatizing connotation and is not used for modern sex workers.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、貧まずしさから床とこ芸げい者しゃになる女じょ性せいもいた。

  In the Edo period, some women became fallen geisha out of poverty.

• 彼かの女じょは借しゃっ金きんのために床とこ芸げい者しゃに身みを落おとした。

  She fell into being a fallen geisha because of debt.