淫いん婦ぷ

noun

woman of loose morals; lewd woman

A derogatory term for a woman considered sexually immoral or promiscuous. Strongly pejorative and old-fashioned; not used in neutral modern speech.

• 彼かの女じょは村むら人びとから淫いん婦ぷと呼よばれ、つらい思おもいをした。

  She was called a lewd woman by the villagers and suffered greatly.

noun

prostitute; whore; harlot

Archaic or literary term for a female prostitute. Cross-referenced with 淫売婦 (いんばいふ), a more explicit historical term for a prostitute. In modern Japanese, 売春婦 or 娼婦 are more common.

See also: 淫売婦

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、淫いん婦ぷという言こと葉ばが遊ゆう女じょを指さして使つかわれている。

  In Edo-period documents, the word 淫婦 is used to refer to courtesans.