曖あい昧まい宿やどあいまいやどMeanings1nounbrothel disguised as a legitimate businessHistorical term for an establishment that operated as a brothel while pretending to be a tea house, inn, restaurant, or similar business. Used in discussions of Edo-period or pre-modern Japanese social history.江え戸ど時じ代だいには、表おもて向むきは茶ちゃ屋やや料りょう理り屋
