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性労働者 (seiroudousha) Japanese meaning: sex worker | Kotomora

性せい労ろう働どう者しゃ

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Meanings

1

A neutral, formal term for a person who provides sexual services for money. Used in legal, academic, and advocacy contexts.

性せい労ろう働どう者しゃの権けん利りを守まもる法ほう律りつが必ひつ要

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Laws are needed to protect the rights of sex workers.

彼かの女じょは性せい労ろう働どう者しゃとして働はたらいている。

She works as a sex worker.

Kanji

性sex, gender, nature
労labor, thank for, reward for
働work, (kokuji)
者someone, person

Related words

売ばい春しゅん婦ふ
More direct and potentially derogatory term for a female prostitute; 性労働者 is a neutral, rights-oriented term.
風ふう俗ぞく嬢じょう
Refers specifically to women working in the sex industry in Japan, often in legal establishments; 性労働者 is broader and more formal.

Built from

性せい+労ろう働どう者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 性 (sex) + 労働者 (worker), a calque of English 'sex worker'.