暗くら屋や

noun

clandestine brothel (Edo period); whorehouse

Historical term for an illegal brothel during the Edo period. Not used in modern Japanese outside of historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、幕ばく府ふの許きょ可かを得えていない暗くら屋やが存そん在ざいした。

  During the Edo period, there were clandestine brothels that did not have the shogunate's permission.